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Readings: Chapter 1(First Farmers), Sections: Breakthroughs to Agriculture to end of Chapter ~ 

As the textbook states, in the 95% that humans have inhabited the earth we have been able to survive by means of scavenging and hunting with no need for farming and other methods/modern techniques. However, centuries later as we have come to evolve the creation and discovery of modern creations in Eurasia, Africa and the Americas we did not only survive, but we learned how to prosper.

While in school we often learn of civilizations(defined by historians as representing a new and particular type of society) such as that of Egyptand Mesopotamia historians often neglect the culture and lifestyle of the Paleolithic people. We ignore their way of civilization 200,000 years later in a time where we are destroying our planet at an alarming rate. From the breakthrough of agriculture and language they truly shaped how we do things over the next 5,000 years.

The Paleolithic people strived to live in an equal society where everyone worked towards the same goal:survival. For instance, while in later periods women were left at home to do house work, in the Paleolithic era just as the males go out and gather food for their towns, the women do as well. Work was essential and women were also in milking animals, producing textiles and felt(essential for tents, rugs, beds, and clothing in Central Asia). Civilizations in the past, thousands of years ago brought breakthrough concepts and technology, but still developing they made many mistakes and therefore while they are seen highly of they are also heavily looked down upon.

Flourishing into the modern era, agriculture proved to be a dominating source of living for humankind and has prospered for millennia.