The second 5 historical objects from the book A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor.
After the Ice Age: Food & Sex 9000-3500 B.C.E.
The development of farming occurred independently in at least 7 different parts of the world at the end of the last Ice Age 10,000 years ago. This slow revolution took many centuries and had profound implications. Tending crops and domesticating animals meant that humans had for the first time to settle in one place. Farming created a food surplus that allowed larger groups of people to live together and changed not just how they lived but how they thought. New gods were developed to explain animal behavior and the seasonal cycle of crops.
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 100 OBJECTS
Citations:
Macgregor, Neil. A History of the World in 100 Objects. Viking, 2011. Buy here!
