ECON 3R03 Lecture Notes - Fertile Crescent, Iva Annua, Fish Hooks
4 Mar 2013
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Climate is broadly similar across much of the landmass. Crops domesticated in the fertile crescent spread rapidly to other areas. Would later spread to the neo-europes : new zealand, Eurasia 19/20 were engaged in producing food. Fortunate endowments- we see early developments of agriculture and civilization. Corn was the leading crop of north america. The ancestors of modern corn were much less productive in the wild. Less seed, and the seeds were enclosed in hard coverings. Had to be selectively cultivated for hundreds or thousands of years to attain high productivity. Development of corn took place in central america. It has a north south orientation therefore the climate would not allow the crop to be grown everywhere. It took a long time to adopt crops because of geographical location, technology spread a lot slower. North america has north-south orientation, with many natural barriers (mountains or deserts) that separate it into isolated regions.
