Agricultural Revolution

Annotations:

• Need for new source of food upon which to rely

1. Population growth
2. Loss of big game

1. Near rivers for irrigation
2. More possessions
3. Focus on civilization

1. Specialization
   1. Develop technology
   2. Faster rate of change
2. Social stratification
   1. Government

1. Middle East c. 10000 BC
2. China
3. Mesoamerica by 5000 BC

1. Within a few 1000 years to areas that later produced first civilizations
2. Hunter-gatherers resisted change
   1. Conquered
   2. Driven out
   3. Killed by disease

1. Domestication

   Annotations:

   • Pigs, sheep, goats, cattle
   1. Improved agricultural
   2. Rise of pastorialism
2. Metalworking
   1. 4000 BC
   2. Bronze Age
   3. Made farming more efficient
3. More work