Unit 4; Agriculture and Urban Revolution, follows how civilization went from hunting and gathering their food, to being a settled community with dependable food sources. For many years, people hunted and gathered their food. Which meant, the civilization would follow the herd or find food availability, not being able to settle in permanent societies. Then, about 10,000 years ago, communities began to settle in permanent locations. As a result of the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic Revolution, A.K.A The First Agricultural Revolution, was a great transformation in the way people lived. For the first time in history, people were able to practice agriculture. The process to begin agricultural practices, included hunter-gatherer societies manipulating …show more content…
Humans began to domesticate plants/animals for their own consumption or use. An example of these domestications is corn. Corn was the most successful plant in history, used in many early societies. Humans began to collect these wild grains, and slowly, began selecting kernels that would stay on the corn husks. In doing this, corn began to lose the ability to fall off the husks. Therefore, becoming completely dependent on humans for survival. As agriculture began to thrive and food supplies became dependable, societies grew. Hunter-gatherers could finally settle into permanent communities without worrying food would move away. They began to domesticate animals and plant crops in their newly founded societies. In doing so, societies began to become more established and complex over time.
Complex societies only became more and more complex over time. In terms of agriculture, communities began to need more food and supplies for the large population. So, communities looked for distant resources. Which unified the city dwellers and those who lived outside the city walls. Also, in East Asia, the city Anya was the earliest city to show evidence of royalty and a distinct social pyramid. However, societies all over the world began to follow the lead of Eastern