Ap World History Research Paper

1. The neolithic revolution was the period in time in which the introduction of agriculture led people to transition from the wandering nomadic lifestyle to settled life. During this time, nomads, or people who wandered from place to place in search of food, began to domesticate animals and crops so that they no longer had to follow or hunt for their food sources; because of this, these former nomads were able to create farms using the crops they domesticated and settlements and were able to use their domesticated animals, not only as a source of food, but also as a source of companionship, a tool to assist with farm labor, and for transportation. The development of farming spread to other areas of society as well, as the creation of new tools for farming, new types of shelter, and clothing among other things began to emerge. As time went on, the techniques and tools used for farming were improved and new tools to assist in the storing, sowing, planting of seeds, and measuring of time were created; these innovations caused farms to create surpluses of food, which lead to the growth of population and the …show more content…
The relationship between conflict and cooperations within early civilizations and the use of resources lies in the fact, when resources were plentiful, civilizations could cooperate with each other or attempt to pacify any civilizations trying to attack or take them over by offering said resources, when resources were scarce, on the other hand, civilizations would experience either internal or external conflict due to its citizens debating amongst each other on how to manage this scarcity or due to a civilization causing conflict with other civilizations by trying to take the resources of said civilizations from said civilizations. In other words, when resources were plentiful, the internal and external relationships of a civilization were peaceful, or somewhat peaceful, while when resources were scarce, internal and external conflicts and tensions