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Egyptians were one of the first people to start farming. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.5822/978-1-61091-520-5_2 -
Herding started about 10,000 years ago with mainly sheep and goats. People started learning that controlling animals could lead to reliable sources of meat and milk/milk products. Could also be used for tents and clothing. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/herding -
Some of the first grown crops consist of peas, emmer weat, einkorn weat, chickpeas, flax, ect. https://www.toppr.com/ask/question/the-first-crops-were-grown-almost-8000-years-ago/ -
Most archaeologists think that cattle, sheep and goats were originated from certain parts of the middle east. https://theconversation.com/ancient-dna-is-revealing-the-origins-of-livestock-herding-in-africa-114387#:~:text=Currently%20most%20archaeologists%20think%20wild,Egypt%20around%208%2C000%20years%20ago. -
Farming originally began about 12,000 years ago. It first started when people began to grow a wide variety of crops and herding animals such as goats and wild oxen. Centuries later, people began to breed animals and plants making new varieties and breeds. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/15/485722228/where-did-agriculture-begin-oh-boy-its-complicated -
Farming has changed a lot over the past 50 years. People have been raising their live stalk inside, farms have gotten bigger, not as much manual labor is needed and its not as common to see certain animals at the same farms anymore. https://iowaagliteracy.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/5-ways-technology-has-changed-farming/#:~:text=Farms%20have%20changed%20a%20lot,poultry%20on%20th -
Corn, wheat, rice, potatos, sweet potatos, soybeans, sorhum, yams, platains, ect. -
Agriculture goes through 3 stages...research and product development, demonstration and market validation; and commercialization. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/magazines/mai-2017/three-stages-innovation-agriculture/ -
There are three main stages of farming...plowing, tilling and leveling. https://www.mybertolini.com/int/green-ideas/three-stages-soil-cultivation/ -
Herders will often specialize in a certain type livestock. For example, shepherds heard flocks of sheep, goatherd heard goats and swineherds herd pigs and hogs. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/herding
