Domestication was a key breakthrough in the lives of people living around 10,000 BCE and has been making human life better ever since. The introduction of domestication into human thinking had economic, social, and political effects on the way people lived. The effects of domestication have been extremely beneficial to the growth and improvement in the quality life people have lived about 12,000 years ago up until present day. The first people to adopt domestication were the people living in the area of Mesopotamia in 10,000 BCE. They began the process of plant domestication by collecting and planting seeds of wild plants over fields and pastures. They made sure the plants had enough water to grow and made sure to plant them in areas where
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Before domestication was practiced, people were practicing “hunting and gathering”. This method did work in most areas but it was essential that people be readily mobile because they had to be able to follow the animals around to where they went. This meant that people were unable to set up a distinct living area to grow and prosper. Domestication meant that instead of being always on the move, people were able to finally settle down. People started domesticating animals as well as plants as long as the soil was fertile and good for farming. Many people began to adopt the lifestyle of pastoralism so there were always animals around to supply food to the community. With the domestication of plants, fewer people were capable of supplying a larger sum of food. Domestication also led to great advances in the use of tools to work fields and produce food. People eventually went from using hand tools made from stone to using metal farming tools and even plows pulled by animals which were domesticated to work the fields more efficiently. One of the first domesticated animals was the dog, which provided an example for early people on how to domesticate other animals like sheep, horses, and cattle. Domestication led to an increase growth in population in many areas. With the increase of populations in specific areas we saw many of the major civilizations form. Societies began developing governments with a hierarchical form with higher powers like kings and elites and lower powers like citizens and slave workers. Societies also began to form currency which they could use to trade and buy things from other
Before domestication was practiced, people were practicing “hunting and gathering”. This method did work in most areas but it was essential that people be readily mobile because they had to be able to follow the animals around to where they went. This meant that people were unable to set up a distinct living area to grow and prosper. Domestication meant that instead of being always on the move, people were able to finally settle down. People started domesticating animals as well as plants as long as the soil was fertile and good for farming. Many people began to adopt the lifestyle of pastoralism so there were always animals around to supply food to the community. With the domestication of plants, fewer people were capable of supplying a larger sum of food. Domestication also led to great advances in the use of tools to work fields and produce food. People eventually went from using hand tools made from stone to using metal farming tools and even plows pulled by animals which were domesticated to work the fields more efficiently. One of the first domesticated animals was the dog, which provided an example for early people on how to domesticate other animals like sheep, horses, and cattle. Domestication led to an increase growth in population in many areas. With the increase of populations in specific areas we saw many of the major civilizations form. Societies began developing governments with a hierarchical form with higher powers like kings and elites and lower powers like citizens and slave workers. Societies also began to form currency which they could use to trade and buy things from other