In what ways has the development of agriculture advanced our way of life?
The development of agriculture led to the rise of civilizations. People had to stay in one place in order to grow and harvest crops. They also needed buildings in order to store crops. Many civilizations in the Middle East invested in irrigation structures in order to provide for stable water.
What was a disadvantage of agriculture?
Disadvantage: Farming is hard. So hard, in fact, that one is tempted to claim ownership over other humans and then have them till the land on your behalf, which is the kind of non-ideal social order that tends to be associated with agricultural communities.
What was a major problem for most early agricultural societies?
Answer: Explanation: diseases were spread from livestock to humans.
What is one similarity all early agrarian societies share?
The earliest agrarian states always had at least two things in common: a high-ranking group in control, and the forceful collection of taxes or tribute. It seems centralized state control was needed to bring together and support large populations of people.
How far back does written history go?
roughly 5,000 years
What is the oldest date in history?
The hieroglyphs date to between 3400 – 3200 BCE and are the oldest recorded history discovered so far in the world.
What is the oldest writing ever found?
Cuneiform
Is the Bible the oldest book in the world?
Wiki Answers reports: “the oldest book in the world is the Bible” (here). Thus the oldest book in the world must surely be the Gutenberg Bible (oldest printed book in the West, from c. 1455) or Buddhism’s Diamond Sutra (oldest printed book in the East, from c. 868), as in this Huffington Post article.
Who invented writing Egypt?
Jean-François Champollion
Why did writing develop in Egypt?
The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to record and communicate information about religion and government. Thus, they invented written scripts that could be used to record this information.
What two forms of writing did the Egyptians develop?
Hieroglyphics are an original form of writing out of which all other forms have evolved. Two of the newer forms were called hieratic and demotic. Hieratic was a simplified form of hieroglyphics used for administrative and business purposes, as well as for literary, scientific and religious texts.
How old is ancient Egyptian writing?
The hieroglyphic script originated shortly before 3100 B.C., at the very onset of pharaonic civilization. The last hieroglyphic inscription in Egypt was written in the 5th century A.D., some 3500 years later. For almost 1500 years after that, the language was unable to be read.