HST 197 Chapter 3: HST chapter 3
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Early agricultural society: egypt most prominent early african society. Favorable geographic conditions enabled egypt to build a productive agricultural economy that supported the powerful state. African agriculture emerged gradually but momentous changes in the climate. After the last ice age it became a grassy steppe land. Grasses and cattle flourished in this environment. Humans lived in these regions and strived by hunting cattle, collecting wild grains. Some fished and used the water resources to survive. Early sudanic agriculture: people of eastern sudan domesticated cattle and became nomadic herders and continued to collect wild grains. In 7500 b. c. e. they began to create permanent settlements and began to cultivate a type a wild grain. In western sudan, they cultivated yams in the region between the niger and congo rivers. Eventually sheeps and goats arrived from asia. In 7000 b. c. e. they cultivated watermelons and gourds. By 5000 b. c. e. they formed small monarchies ruled by kings who were seen as divine or semi divine.
