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Innovation - Example 1
Diversity was a product of technological innovations and of technological sluggishness because the new technologies created new ways of living.
This is important because it is saying that because of innovations and advancement diversity was made. If everyone advanced and prgressed at the same rate doing the same thing then it really wouldnt be progress. Diversity is a very important factor in progress. This examples leads into my next. -
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Examples of Power, Innovation, and Environment
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Environment - Example 1
The most important world zones were Afro-Eurasian landmass, the Americas, Australia, and the islands of the Pacific.
This was an important example of environment because within these world zones were agricultural civilizations. Even though there wasnt much significant contact or communication between the world zones change still happened. -
Environment - Example 2
By manipulating the land, such as clearing forests, diverting rivers, terracing hillsides, and plowing the land, agriculturalists made landscapes that were increasingly anthropogenic.
This point in the reading is also important.This made agriculture better for the humans. It made it easier and more managable. While making it easier it also made humans want to be in agriculture because it was so easy. -
Environment - Example 3
The Ice Age ends.
This is important because it was when the final stages of human migration of the foragers happened. This marked a trivial turning point in human history. We went from just trying to stay alive to being able to settle in one place and grow on their own food. -
Environment - Example 4
Agriculture spread when villages became overpopulated and the surplus population moved to other farming land.
This is an important idea because it ishows that as the population expanded so did the agriculture. Also, going back to some of my other ideas, with bigger population came communication and innovation. -
Power - Example 1
Men began to become more powerful than women.
This is importnatn because when we learned about the era of the foragers men and wonmen were equal. Now as we get deeper into the agrarian era men are begging to be considered more powerful because of the strength. Women are expected to stay home and take care of the family while the men go out and work the land. also men are considered more powerful because they are conisidered to know more about the outside world because of the work they do. -
Innovation - Example 2
Epidemic diseases developed.
This is important because these diseases hampered the humans progress in agriculture. Going back to population growth, when the population grew the diseases spread wider within the population and from region to region. -
Power - Example 2 continued
After they stopped trading as well but not as high of a power. The power they had was control. The had control over how much food that these people got. -
Power - Example 2
People with crops and food supplies had a power of those who didn't, such as priests, artists, and potters.
This is important because the priests, potters, and artists had no way of getting food without the suppliers. At first they would have to trade their work for food, but after the suppliers stored up enough they no longer did. The suppliers had more of a power of the non-suppliers when they made the non-suppliers trade. The suppliers still had a power of the artists, priests, and potters af -
Power - Example 3
People began to exploit their resources.
This is important because exploitation is not O.K. It was not just happening to the land but to people as well. People felt like they had enough power over other people, as well as the land, to exploit it. This is one of the bad sides of power. -
Innovation - Example 3
The agrarian cities developed over time. They changed from small to big.
This is big! FIrst we came out of super tiny groups in the era of the foragers. Then we make it to slightly bigger grous in the agrarian era and now we make it to full cities. Not only small cities but larger ones as well. -
Power - Example 4
When communities got larger, people had to find new ways of defining relationships with neighbors, determining who had the rights to what food source, and so on.
This shows that everyone was confused on who had the power of what. No one knew if Jimmy was in charge of corn or if he was in charge of cattle (I'm making this up). Also people would argue about if Jimmy really had power over what Jimmy claimed. -
Innovation - Example 4
The abilities to read and write developed around 3000 BC.
This shows that we have come a very long way. We have definitely progressed. We went from foragers to agriculturalists. Now we have gone from just simple agriculturalists to reading and writing. I find that really cool and interesting!