Flashcard: Origins and Spread of Agriculture — 10 carte

Fertile Crescent — origin?

First development of agriculture around 10,000 BC

Agriculture — origin?

Fertile Crescent, ~10,000 BC.

Europe — agriculture diffusion?

Around 5500 BC

Key crops — examples?

Wheat, barley, rice, maize.

First domesticated animals?

Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens

Major domesticated animals?

Cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens.

Diffusion routes — purpose?

Spread of agriculture globally.

Early tools — examples?

Sickles, grinding stones, plows.

Settlement sites — location?

Villages near cultivated lands.

Causal chain — sequence?

Domestication → Population growth → Societies.