The agricultural revolution coincided with the end of the first ice age. The warmer, wetter, and more stable conditions permitted to the flourishing of wild plants, esspecially cereal grasses, which are the ancestors of many domesticated crops in todays world. Eventually, gatherers and hunters would begin to see scarce amounts of food throughout the different seasons. Therefore they would cycle through locations based on the knowledge of the climate, and how fertile the land was in that time of year. The women in particular had long been intamatley asscioated with collecting edible plants and they were likely the innovators who led the way of deliberate farming. This would attack the problem of potentially running out of food. Everywhere that began farming started out with basic technologies which included the digging stick or hoe. Andes Region farmed potatoes The regions in the Fertile crescent farmed Wheat and wild pigs The americas began, like the african agricultural revolution, ...
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