The one thing thatās always fascinated me was how all major civilizations started agriculture around the same time roughly 5,000 years ago. Itās just interesting that EVERYBODY figured out that seed+water=crops.
People as far back as Neolithic times had at least some idea of how it worked. The process was something like: they domesticated horses and killed them for food. They needed a way to feed the horses, so they figured out how to cultivate food plants. Then they realized that horses made poor meals, but were useful for harvesting the plants, and bam. The earliest ancestor to what eventually became agriculture.
I think the predominating theory on how different societies developed this tech at more or less the same time has to do with climateāpeople observing how certain plants that were killed by dry spells tended to pop up again in the same place next year. But Iām not up on the specifics. Iām operating mostly on stuff half-remembered from high school world history.
Whatās interesting is how some mountain tribes in Asia have since busted themselves back down to this level of pre-agriculture, having unlearned all the advances that were made after that period. Maybe they looked into the future and saw something they didnāt like.
I believe the discovery of agriculture has been cyclical- small bands of people developed it, then died off, until this recent time period where all the perfect conditions were met to sustain significant populations.
It just seems ridiculous that after hunting and gathering for 200,000 years, a select few noticed that seeds make things grow and could be harvested.
Agriculture, while seemingly a blessing, was in truth equally a curse. Strict hierarchy based on gender and occupation were formed, sectarian conflicts, territorial wars, pollution, declined health and overpopulation all stem from it.
is obvious that it was our lord our father who taught us how to do all of that
without him we wouldnt be here
we need to be thankful for his mercy and his kindnes