AMH 2020H Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ptah, Harappa, Maat
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Chapter 1: scholars agree that settled agricultural life and certain political, social, economic, and technological traits are indicators of civilization, if not of every civilization, temperate lands were exceptionally warm between 6000 and. 2000 b. c. e. , when people in many parts of the world adopted agriculture. Cooking makes both meat and vegetables tastier and easier to digest: the neolithic revolution is the changeover from food gathering to food producing. It was a significant turning point for human race because the change to food producing caused the adoption of agriculture which forced domestication of animals for food. Also with the change to food producing, families decided to settle permanently near the fields: the traditions of kikuyu farmers on mount kenya in east. Prisoners of war, condemned criminals, and debtors could be found on country estates or in the households of the king and wealthy families.
