Farming originated around 8000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent region. The first crops farmed were cereal grains like wheat and barley, as well as pulses and the bottle gourd vegetable. Sheep and goats were among the earliest domesticated animals, as they meet the criteria of being able to be bred and kept in captivity without being aggressive or panicking.

1. HISTORY OF FARMING
“The first farmer was the first man. All historic nobility
rests on the possession and use of land.”
-Emerson, Ralph Waldo-

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Beginning of Farming History
First Crops to be Farmed
Domesticated Animals
Bibliography

3. BEGINNING OF FARMING HISTORY
• Farming started at around 8000 B.C.E.
• It was originated from Near East, near the Fertile Crescent, which is a hilly arc of
inhabitable land around the north of the Arabian Desert.
• Since farming had begun, plants and animals subjected to mankind, not only adapting to
the environments. We shifted the balance of nature, so that our own ecological system
would provide more of what we needed. We cut down trees from forests to grow light-
loving plants and guide rivers through arid regions to grow crops on deserts. Furthermore,
we curved mountains into terraces that hold patches of soil so we are able to farm on the
steep cliffs.

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5. FIRST CROPS TO BE FARMED
• The very first type of crops to be farmed
were Cereal crops. Cereal crops includes
pulses such as peas and grains such as
wheat and barley. There was another
domesticated plant used by man called
Bottle gourd, or Calabash which looks like
a bottle and a snake. Our ancestors
domesticated it and used it as
vegetables, bottles, pipes or utensils. This
had been before the Cereal crops, but they
were not farmed since people were still
nomads.

6. DOMESTICATED ANIMALS
• According to an evolutionary biologist, Jarod Diamond, animals need to meet these six
criteria to be considered „domesticated‟. First, the species of an animal has to have
flexible diet, to clarify, it has to be willing to consume a wide variety of food source given
by human. It has to have fast growth rate compared to human life span and ability to be
bred in captivity. They shouldn‟t be aggressive toward humans since they might be
dangerous, and be unlikely to panic because if they are they‟ll be difficult to keep. They
also have to have adaptable social hierarchy, in order to recognize human as their pack
leader.
• Sheep and Goats are one of the main examples of the first domesticated animals. They
meet all the criteria and any other farm animals you‟ll see in farms today also meet the six
principles.

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Information
• Leonard, Jonathan Norton. The Emergence of Man-The First Farmers. New York: Time-
Life Books, 1973.
• “Domestication.” 11 December 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication#Plants>
• Pictures
• http://www.sheepdrove.com/289.htm
• http://writepostread.wikispaces.com/Mesopotamia
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle_gourd
• http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/dictionary/cereal
• http://www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/animals.htm