Fertile Crescent

Chapter 5: History’s Haves and Have Nots The overall point of this chapter was to figure out why some areas adopted food production at different times of other areas. Only a few areas had developed food production independently, but they had done so at very different times. Near those areas, hunter-gatherers adopted food production, while other areas did not and were replaced by invading food producers, but again, at very different times. Many people of some ecologically sound areas for food…

nutritious while we just have to walk to the store to buy a quick snack to get something to eat. Why do people across the world get completely different things than us? Geographic location affects crops by being too to dry or too wet such as the fertile crescent can't grow sago because it's too dry and Papua New Guinea can't grow wheat because it's too wet. If you're too close to the ocean or water in general it will be hard to grow crops such as wheat or barley because…

are indigenous to certain regions and so not all civilizations have the same animals.The major domesticated animals are sheep, goats, cow, pigs, and horses. They all originated from the Fertile Crescent. The Fertile Crescent has 13 out of the 14 domesticated animals in the world. The people of the Fertile Crescent eat their domesticated animals and have a settled existence instead of migrating with the hunted animals. Papua New Guinea does not have any domesticated animals so they do not have a…

Guns Germs and Steel: Apples or Indians in Review One of the central questions raised by this chapter of Jared Diamond’s seminal work “Guns, Germs, and Steel” would be on the lack of agricultural development in ostensibly fertile regions – why didn’t California, subequatorial Africa, and temperate Australia manage “independent development” of basic crops (Diamond, 131)? The title of the chapter itself (i.e. “Apples or Indians”) makes direct reference to the historical quandary at play here…

ranks under him, all the way down to slaves at the bottom. They chose the fork in the Fertile Crescent where the Nile River was because this was a great source for fertile soil, giving the plants that would be grown there key nutrients. Also, living along side a river would be very beneficial towards water supply. Like the civilization of Stardéw, the Celts “supported large populations by tilling the heavy but fertile soils.” (104) This would bold well for both these civilizations…

farming has impacted the way that we eat and what we eat. After farming, we will take a journey through how the weather effects the plants and animals, also how that since the first societies they could not have survived if it weren’t for the Fertile Crescent. The first reason that should be known about the world is according to Diamond (1999 pg 36) some fossils in Africa indicate that the evolutionary line leading through gorillas/monkeys to us had archived a substantially upright posture by…

The Arise of Civilizations in Mesopotamia and the Nile River Valley The Fertile Crescent lies from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. The Fertile Crescent was a land named because of its good soil and its golden wheat fields. Within the Fertile Crescent was a region called Mesopotamia that the ancient Greeks had named later. This meant “between the rivers” where it was located it was between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. In this area the world’s first civilization arose…

enough food. Hunter gatherers learned how to farm by planting seeds which led to the domestication of plants, such as wheat and barley, and animals. The first civilizations began in the Fertile Crescent due to the fact that the soil was fertile and water was easily accessible. These factors made the Fertile Crescent an appropriate place to stay all year round. With a surplus of food, the populations of what were before small…

At first, our ancestors lived a nomadic lifestyle; moving around constantly, following herds, and hunting and gathering in order to find sustenance. The transition from a nomadic lifestyle to an agrarian society was not an easy transition, for it changed the way of life for humans drastically. This transition happened in different parts of the world at different times. We call this period the Neolithic or Agricultural Revolution. The Neolithic Revolution might not have happened in parts of the…

knowledgeable about the environment because they were nomadic. They made sure that their population was small, which caused them to travel quickly. Due to climate change, areas surrounding the Fertile Crescent started to grow plants of wild food. The Natufians became sedentary by settling in the Fertile Crescent. Their population started to grow dramatically, which caused them to start farming to feed their families. The Agricultural Revolution, which occurred about 10,000 years ago, has…