Thirteen thousand years ago the ravages of the last ice age we over, the world was becoming warmer and wetter. One area where humans were thriving was the Middle East. People here lived like people everywhere 13,000 years ago, like hunter-gatherers.Also, because hunting is so unpredictable, traditional societies relied more on gathering.
The middle east was the area that was home to some of the best crops and animals in the world, this area was called the Fertile Crescent. The people of the Fertile Crescent where geographically blessed with access to some of the best crops and farm animals in the ancient world, it gave them a huge head start. As the people lived there they started to discover the process of growing and producing their own plants and domesticating animals to be used to farm their own food.
What started with the sowing of wheat and penning of goats, was leading to the first human civilization! As villages grew bigger, more people could work on the land. More people could produce more food more efficiently. Freed from the burden of farming, some people were able develop more skills and more technologies.
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