Farming
Farmers suffered from more diseases than their forager counterparts because
of poor diet.
We know foragers were healthier and taller than farmers on average because of
Bones discovered by archaeologists.
The state of being devoted to agriculture.
Agrarian.
Crisis.
Humans tend to settle around these.
Bodies of water.
Farming began in this region of the world.
Mesopotamia (Fertile Crescent)
This word describes the political system of foraging communities.
Equal; egalitarian.
The creation of excess. Can lead to specialization.
Surplus.
These two things were farmed on the banks of the Tigris and the Euphrates.
Wheat and barley. (or lentils)
The first civilizations arose exclusively around these.
River valleys.
Farming began around this year in its earliest practice.
10,000 B.C.
This eventually forced foragers to abandon their lifestyle for farming.
Climate change, death of big game.
A society structured on inequality.
Hierarchy.
This was the first empire.
Akkadian Empire.
According to your maps, agriculture was developed independently in this many locations.
Nine.
Domesticated 13,000 years ago in a cave in Greece.
Snails.
Foragers would likely have larger networks of trade than farmers because
They were forced to migrate seasonally to find food.
The population of a specific area unified under a single government.
State.
What notable exception exists that goes against the rule that grain farming is needed to form states, and what did they farm?
East Africa; bananas and plaintains.
According to Creationism, this is the origin point for human migration.
Fertile Crescent; Garden of Eden.
Two long-term negative consequences of agriculture.
War and slavery.
This type of food-gathering was increasingly practiced by foragers as big game dried up. Popular with central Asian peoples such as the Mongols.
Pastoralism.
To tame, especially in order to keep on a farm or ranch.
Domesticate.
Grain farming.
Largest empire of the ancient world before Rome; also known as the Achaemenid Empire.
Persian Empire.