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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Farming produced extra grain (wheat & barley) that could be stored for dry or winter months. A reliable food supply allowed village populations to grow rapidly. | Stable Food Surplus |
| Taming and breeding wild animals (sheep, goats, cattle, pigs) for milk, meat, wool, and field labor (plowing). | Animal Domestication |
| Because farming produced extra food, not everyone had to farm! People could specialize in specific jobs, becoming weavers, potters, toolmakers, priests, and scribes. | Specialization of Labor |
| The Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia: | Early agricultural communities flourished in the Fertile Crescent, an arc-shaped region in the Middle East with rich soil. Mesopotamia ('land between the rivers') was located between the Tigris River and Euphrates River. |
| Unpredictable Flooding & Irrigation Systems: | River flooding was chaotic and seasonal. To survive, early farmers built irrigation systems (canals, levees, and dams) to hold floodwaters and deliver fresh water directly to crops. |
| Development of Government: | Organizing thousands of workers to build and maintain massive irrigation projects required central coordination, leading directly to the birth of structured governments! |
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