2. The Changes That Resulted In
Agriculture
Settlement
Support of more people
Regular work
Spread of diseases
Some groups resisting agriculture
People freed for specialization
3. A Record of Daily Life
By looking at this
clay tablet, there
are many things a
person could
notice about the
daily life during this
period.
This is going to be my primary resource, it was one of the only
things I could find after 2 hours of searching. (Source cited at
back)
4. Inventions that were
created/greatly improved during
the Agricultural Revolution.
Plow & Moldboard
Seed Drills
Machines that harvest (Sickles, Reapers, and
Harvesters)
Textile Industry
Wages
Advances in Transportation lines
This information is off of a Website, it will be cited at
the end of the presentation. (“The Agricultural
Revolution”)
5. The Development of
Agriculture –Occurred for 2
reasons
Population Increased Could no longer hunt
big game animals (i.e.
mastodons)
6. New Animal domestication
New animal
domestication was
caused by farming
Pigs, sheep, goats, &
cattle being raised
Animals were used for
meats, skins, and
dairying
7. The Nature of Agricultural
Societies
Some type of week
was invented
(ranged from 4-7
days)
Surplus
Specializations
(medicine, science
, etc.)
Rituals around the
planting and
harvesting of foods
8. The Nature of Agricultural
Societies Cont.
Patriarchal system
Property higher
birth rates
Liability to diseases
Human inequality
increased
9. Agriculture Encouraged More
Change (everyone needed more of everything)
The amount of
water being used
called for irrigation
Villages developed
Politics developed
and certain
families specialized
in them
Towns became
small cities
