A Brief Note On The West East, William Garcia. Hist 002...

AGRICULTURE IN THE NEAR EAST William Garcia Hist 002A: World History to 1600 November 1, 2016 Humans have always had to find a way to survive in the changing environment of our world. Humans have had to find many ways to adapt and find different practices to feed their communities. Humans were able to keep their communities alive due to their ways of hunting and gathering. Gender played a role in this way of finding food source. Men were set to be the hunters and the women were responsible for gathering any crops they could find. There was a transition that occurred and a new way of cultivating food emerged. Agriculture became a way of survival for human beings. Agriculture played an intricate role in providing a food source and it had a major impact on the Neolithic societies in the Near East. It provided a new way for society to be permanently transformed from what they once were, hunter gatherers to becoming something more stable and stronger. During the Paleolithic times, hunting and gathering remained the sole base of finding a food. Small alterations occurred that help start the change to a different way of life. During the end of the Paleolithic period, about 15,00 years ago, there was a climate change that allowed warmer locations to be formed which later help facilitate fertile lands. The climate became warmer and the glaciers retreated which allowed for wetter land to support the sedentary and those semi sedentary forger