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THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SETTLED SOCIETIES

THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SETTLED SOCIETIES. WHY DID AGRICULTURE BEGIN?. AGRICULTURE TAKES SHAPE. Slash and Burn Farming Trees are cut and burned to clear and fertilize a field Effect- Ashes would fertilize field- extraordinarily successful. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS.

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THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SETTLED SOCIETIES

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  1. THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SETTLED SOCIETIES

  2. WHY DID AGRICULTURE BEGIN?

  3. AGRICULTURE TAKES SHAPE • Slash and Burn Farming • Trees are cut and burned to clear and fertilize a field • Effect- Ashes would fertilize field- extraordinarily successful

  4. DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS • The taming of wild animals • Allowed for a constant source of food- also a source of labor

  5. Neolithic Animals Domesticated • Dog • Sheep • Pig • Goat • Cow • Cat • Chicken • Donkey • Duck • Horse • Llama

  6. THE FIRST AREAS OF FARMING • AFRICA • Wheat, barley, other grains

  7. MEXICO • Corn, beans, squash

  8. ANDES MOUNTAINS OF PERU • Tomatoes, Sweet potatoes, White Potatoes

  9. CHINA • Wild Rice • Millet

  10. WHY DID AGRICULTURE SPREAD? • #1 reason- people are copycats! • #2- farmers back then were nomads- carried around idea! • Ideas were brought from place to place by trade, nomads, cultural diffusion among hunters/gatherers

  11. WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH AGRICULTURE? • Mr. Rynone’s TOP 3: • Natural Disasters • Nomadic Invasions • Disease What else was a big problem?

  12. SO WHO HAD THE UPPER HAND?

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