CDAE 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Dependency Theory, Fertile Crescent, Keynesian Economics
16 Apr 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Humans and our impact on earth are a relatively new phenomenon. ~8000 years bce- agriculture emerges (as civilization begins to emerge: ~10,000 years old. What led to development of agriculture: not really any idea. Jared diamond"s five factors that gave rise to settled agriculture: decline in the availability of wild foods, increased availability of certain wild foods that can be domesticated, ex. Diamond"s idea -> several factors, perfect storm . Core areas of agricultural development; centers of domestication: china, south america, central america, fertile crescent. Also areas of biodiversity hotspots: locations with high levels of biodiversity under high threats of habitat loss. Dogs domesticated rst: ~14,000 years ago, active debate on where and when. Most recent publications: mongolia or nepal. Other studies have supported european, china, and african origins: first domestication of dogs took place in asia, not europe. Then livestock : bene ts: meat, wool and hides, warmth, milk, fertilizer, transport, labor, security, etc.
