From Hunter and Gathers to Agrian Society

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Subsequently taking Western Civilization for the second time this semester’s I must say it was really interesting, I honestly never enjoyed learning about history or Western Civilization at all, maybe due to failing it a previous semester. This semester, however I was able to learn a lot specifically about the hunter gathers and the Agrarian society. It really changed my views and I wanted to learn more. While attending more classes, I came to realize that the way college history is taught is very different from learning about history throughout my years of high school. From my perspective when taking western Civilization one you learn about the beginning of man itself, and how the earliest humans evolved through time of discovery and technological advances.
The earliest humans known to man, started off as hunter gathers, but through the years and due to technological advances they developed into agrarians and became known as an agricultural society. I began to question how and why did these earliest human change drastically, but the main question is how this transition changed their overall life style. It all started with the earliest human population they were known as nomads, the nomadic people were a thriving race at the time, and they were the first settlers of the Mesopotamia area. Nomads were the first recorded Hunters and gatherers.

Hunters and gatherers were people who adapted to whatever environment setting they traveled to; they relied mainly on hunting animals, and gathering plants as their main food source. The nomadic people depended on nature and their environment for shelter. Nomads searched for shelter by living in caves, shelter made of rocks, branches, and animal skins. Hunter-gatherers were people who move...

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...made different tools to hunt for animals, and made baskets to store the seeds and roots, and berries they had gathered.
Over time, throughout western civilization their greater prosperity and stable reliable food supply meant that people could have more children, and support larger families. Populations started to grow. In the fullness of time, the increased prosperity led to the rise of a hereditary chief or noble class as well. In my view it was like a domino effect one major event lead to another event each one more prosperous for these people.

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"Hunter-Gatherer vs. Agricultural Society." Some Knowledge. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr.
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Bloss, Emily. "Agrarian Life vs. Hunter Gather by Emily Bloss on Prezi." prezi.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

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