10,000 years ago, the Neolithic Revolution began. As we read in our text it was simply defined as, “…the far-reaching changes in human life resulting from the beginning of farming.” Civilization was a change for the better, and the most revolutionary shift to the world we live in today. Without the impeccable advancement and basic idea of civilization, many of our accomplishments and progressions would have never been as strong, or even completed generally. A flashback into one of the ancient world’s most prominent civilizations, Egypt and Mesopotamia, started hunter-gathering and evolved spontaneously into the use of agricultural farming. This exceptional change shed light on many positive aspects and paired negative aspects that are still
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This idea of gathering your own food does seem plausible, but like any other civilization, something bigger and better was needed and therefore, created. Comparing tools from a hunter-gathering society to one of farming, we can clearly view the advancements in technology and the immediate wide-spread of specialized working. With the sudden shift to farming, came more time for leisure or for more specific, precise jobs. With this fresh way of working came more time to improve, and adjust what people were doing and how they were doing it. Perfectly crafted tools, and rare food materials or plants would soon become suitable for vast trading and susceptible to many economic booms. Physical money was not in use yet at the time, so bartering became usual, beginning the thought that all things required a value or worth. With a big change to farming came a smaller change to the basis of economy. These free time slots available because of farming also opened doors to the development of richer culture throughout every civilization. Ranging from art to intricate …show more content…
With inconsistency due to weather related problems and even though Mesopotamia had rich, thick soil, it also came had unpredictable flooding that would occasionally ruin all crops. But because of farming, there’d still be food stored that could be used in times in cases involving these types of natural disasters. This aside, farming helped and still helps villages, cities, and countries grow and thrive on what they are able to produce. Much more food is made, sustained, and created. The idea of having your own are to grow and take care of crops was far more efficient than having to go out, without end, scavenging for insufficient amounts of food. After villages started to prosper and population numbers spiked, the need for a basic government arose. Rules and laws were pivotal to civilization in order to keep, and maintain structure and a common ground for what should be acceptable and what would deserve an assigned punishment. Ancient civilizations had a variation between their types of governing. For example, one of ancient time’s most prominent form of ruling was Hammurabi’s Code with 282 laws, created in the Babylonian Empire by the ruler Hammurabi. This type of government
This idea of gathering your own food does seem plausible, but like any other civilization, something bigger and better was needed and therefore, created. Comparing tools from a hunter-gathering society to one of farming, we can clearly view the advancements in technology and the immediate wide-spread of specialized working. With the sudden shift to farming, came more time for leisure or for more specific, precise jobs. With this fresh way of working came more time to improve, and adjust what people were doing and how they were doing it. Perfectly crafted tools, and rare food materials or plants would soon become suitable for vast trading and susceptible to many economic booms. Physical money was not in use yet at the time, so bartering became usual, beginning the thought that all things required a value or worth. With a big change to farming came a smaller change to the basis of economy. These free time slots available because of farming also opened doors to the development of richer culture throughout every civilization. Ranging from art to intricate …show more content…
With inconsistency due to weather related problems and even though Mesopotamia had rich, thick soil, it also came had unpredictable flooding that would occasionally ruin all crops. But because of farming, there’d still be food stored that could be used in times in cases involving these types of natural disasters. This aside, farming helped and still helps villages, cities, and countries grow and thrive on what they are able to produce. Much more food is made, sustained, and created. The idea of having your own are to grow and take care of crops was far more efficient than having to go out, without end, scavenging for insufficient amounts of food. After villages started to prosper and population numbers spiked, the need for a basic government arose. Rules and laws were pivotal to civilization in order to keep, and maintain structure and a common ground for what should be acceptable and what would deserve an assigned punishment. Ancient civilizations had a variation between their types of governing. For example, one of ancient time’s most prominent form of ruling was Hammurabi’s Code with 282 laws, created in the Babylonian Empire by the ruler Hammurabi. This type of government