HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Usufruct, Reall, William Cronon
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A fundamental way humans have transformed the physical environment. Canada, 2016: 23m acres of wheat, 12m head of cattle. World, 1700: 2b acres of pasture and cropland. World, 2000: 12b acres of pasture and cropland. Farmers became a big part of society. Multiple origins of plant and animal domestication (see map) Because they have values for humans to use them. The emergence and spread took place long, long time ago. It"s a re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) that took a lo(cid:374)g ti(cid:373)e for it to happe(cid:374) Domesticated rice, soybean, chickens and pigs etc. Social stratification: collect and accumulate goods, differences of wealth emerging. Specialization and development of technologies: this also contributed to social tools, writing, more complex political organization: stratification (e. g. metal development of chiefdoms, states. ) Agriculture allows bigger social community: machu picchu. Farming also connected to immunity to diseases. More contact with animals (domesticated animals), developed immunity animal-borne diseases (small pox, flu, measles, tuberculosis etc) Through this exchange, the world became knit together.
