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Agriways in the past (early steps), people improved productivity and…
Agriways in the past (early steps)
Paleolithic period
(from the start of human life until 10000 BC)
people were nomadic and they hunted and gathered food
tools used were:
spears and axes made from bone, wood, stone
they had to look for places with a lot of food
Neolithic period
(between 10000 and 8000 y.a.)
people grew crops: grains and vegetables
They invented a settled agricultural society, the greatest development in human history!
they lived in places good for agriculture: placed with good climate, rains and near rivers
Probably the first farmers were from Anatolia (Turkey)
they grew:
Grains: Wheat, barley, oat, millet,
Vegetables
olives, grapes
people from Europe met Eastern countries for trading
new products are imported: rice, spinach, saffron...
people improved productivity and efficiency of agricolture
by improving techniques for crop storage, irrigation, tool manufacturing
They used crop rotation over 3 years
Roman
republic and empire
Feudal
period