Do you ever wonder how we have been able to develop laws, culture, arts, music, and many more things? Ever wondered how people in the past spent their time? In ancient times, day in and day out, the main objective in people's life was to scavenge some food. Since the moment you woke up you have to scavenge for food all day, imagine your whole life would revolve around food. You always had that thought in your mind, how am I going to survive today. The main ways people were able to get food was by hunting, which is no easy task, although people intermittently came across some fruits or other vegetables. After ages of hunting, and worrying about food every day, the Agricultural Revolution came about, this new way of living, surviving, and spending our everyday lives. With the Agricultural Revolution now people could settle, explore vast unknown areas of life, science, life, and religion. The Agricultural Revolution was truly a glorious event. With food available, huge advances of technology, science, government, religion and way of life changed completely, I will be …show more content…
Civilizations were able to flourish, this enabled people in different civilizations to come up with new ideas and inventions. These inventions would eventually evolve into everything we have today. With the rise of surplus food, people were able to settle and advance their technology, they were able to create intricate governments and laws, & lastly they were able to find a common faith to create and develop religions. We have the agricultural revolution to thank for giving mankind an opportunity to evolve and progress in every way. The agricultural revolution brought about change, lots of change, from the good to the bad, from progression to regression, the moment the agricultural revolution took place, everything
“The development of agriculture was a radical change in humans’ way of life.” (Stearns, 2) It set the basis for faster change in human societies. Metalworking allowed farmers to work more efficiently. The development of languages increased the chances of civilizations because people were able to communicate with each other. Record keeping and innovated technology also brought people together because they began discovering new things about the society.
(Bailey) Overall, the Industrial Revolution brought more money to North America which caused the country to flourish and it kept the country alive and helped it grow to what it is today. The Industrial Revolution, in my belief, was the most important thing that ever happened to America. The country needed money and the Industrial Revolution brought the money it needed. The cities began to grow because of the people moving to the factories. The number of jobs also grew and this was good for the society.
The revolution led to new theories and advances in the social, economic, and science areas which helped change the world in a short period of time. There were both positive and negative effects on society and the economy, but the positive outweighed the negative. Many jobs were created, better and more efficient means of transportation were invented, which allowed new areas to be reached and
The Neolithic Revolution was the period in time where agriculture was created. Many people question whether the transition from nomads to settlements was a positive or negative impact in human history. The transition brought upon; population increases, lack of crucial vitamins, various diseases and even deforestation. I believe that the Neolithic Revolution was a negative impact on humans because of all the risks that came with it. Before the Revolution people were happily living a nomadic lifestyle. They painted, had dedicated faith, sang, told stories, and had more time to bond with their families. The transition increased health risks, warfare and the laziness of people. It brought on social classes which lead people to only think about
Farming is the main supply for a country back then. The crops that farmers produce basically was the only food supply. That makes famers a very important part of society. Farmers back t...
...oods in the market place. The market increased vastly, becoming more efficient with cheaper transportation and economic specialization. Industrialization impacted the meaning of work and changed the ways of time management. Urbanization mainly evolved in the northeastern states, which help the states to become more into urban cities showing and improving on communication and industrialization. Though this was great for the Americans it did affect the Native Americans and African slaves in a negative light. Even though it had ups and downs from different point of views the market revolution changed and improved how our economy is today.
If it were not for agriculture, people would still have to hunt and gather for their own food. In Jared Diamond’s article, he states that “while farmers concentrate on high-carbohydrate crops like rice and potatoes, the mix of wild plants and animals in the diets of surviving hunter-gatherers provides more protein and a better balance of other nutrients” (Diamond 2). Although the beginning stages of agriculture were mostly rice and potatoes, it has now transformed over time and farmers are able to grow any type of fruits and vegetables they want. Not having the right proportion of food or the right nutrients for the body is not a problem anymore because of how agriculture has advanced today. Agriculture today is able to give people a copious amount of food that is able to be stored for a long period of time and is available anywhere around the world. Shortage of nutrients was not the only problem people had during the transition; they also had a problem of catching infectious diseases. During the transition of being hunter-gatherers to farmers, “agriculture encouraged people to clump together in crowded societies, many of which then carried on trade with other crowded societies, led to the spread of parasites and infectious disease” (Diamond 4). This problem resulted in finding out the cure or different medications for diseases such as tuberculosis. If it were not for the many diseases that existed throughout the years,
The Industrial Revolution resulted in the most profound, pervasive changes in the history of humanity which can be considered progress to a great extent. It was a pivotal phase in history, and one marked by vast innovation, helping to shape up the modern world as we know it and its influence remains essential to our lives even today. The largest and most noteworthy improvement would be the reformation of society, from an agrarian one to that of industry, through urbanization which contributed to establishing the base of modern cities and medicine and also spurred an increase in new inventions and innovations. Urbanization helped to lay the foundations for our modern cities. The origin of urbanization, the agricultural revolution, was progress
Cipolla calls it the first great economic revolution (Cipolla 18). The development of agriculture leads to the development of communities, city-states, civilizations, and other settlements. The social structure that formed around agriculture brought about the possibility of specialization within a society, since not everyone had to hunt and gather all the time. Instead of living in an ecologically sustainable manner like the hunter/gatherers, people started living in an economic manner (Southwick 128). Specialization enabled the development of social institutions such as religion and government, and agriculture necessitated the development of irrigation.
The modern world is extremely reliant on technology, whether it has to deal with smart phones, cars, or medicine. Without the Industrial Revolution, the present day would not be the same. The Industrial Revolution was a blessing for the middle class because production, healthcare, and transportation improved. Industrialization improved the lives for all groups of people in Europe because of the advancement of technology. Lifestyles began to improve due in part to the introduction of efficient machines rather than hand production. It was necessary for industrialization to occur in order for the large population to sustain.
2005. The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies. The World Transformed: From Foragers and Farmers to States and Empires.
The Ancient world was in demand of technology as it saw a rise in complications to the world generation after generation. One very important form of rise in technology was in agriculture. The Agricultural Revolution saw a number of inventions in Medieval Europe. It saw the introduction of tools like the Heavy plough, the harrow and the mills to name a few. They also came up with new techniques in farming. These inventions and changes had a huge impact on Medieval Europe. It lead to more jobs and also more produce which eventually lead to more income.
How is the important of food production? That agriculture is one of the most essential means of producing food is realized easily when we think of the types of things that we eat. The rice or wheat that we eat comes from the land. Even potatoes and other roots or vegetables and even leaves such as tea, as well as the fruits that men eat are the products of the soil that covers the earth. In fact, everything that we eat, except meat, fish and other kinds of flesh comes from the land, and what grows on the land is part of agriculture. Even the sugar, oil, coffee and other beverages that we use are products of plants that grow on land. In the same way, many of the medicines that we use is made of plants that grow in various parts of the
Civilization began with agriculture, it allowed nomads to settle down, and form relationships, societies and eventually nations. But as our society developed, so did our means of farming. Whilst modern society greatly differs from our nomadic past, humanity still has fundamental dependence on agriculture. Today agriculture is the livelihood of most poor underdeveloped nations.