6. What were the cultural changes necessary?
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Significant cultural changes were required to permit adaptation to the new agricultural mode of life, but once the shift had occurred, even more profound changes became possible. Food surpluses allowed some members of society to farm while others concentrated on different activities. Agriculture created increasingly greater specialization and stratification within society. This vast transformation involved both a demographic increase and the creation of more complex human settlements and communities. Agriculture allowed and required the "urban revolution" that followed in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The concept of property led to the creation of economies, and with it came the need for security, soldiers, and more extensive government. This led to a rise in central authority and an increasing level of political and economic organization. Perhaps more importantly, humans' new agricultural lifestyle required changes in humans' ways of thinking about the world, which affected how they arranged themselves. The idea of putting aside (to increase future production) instead of immediately consuming a harvest gave way to notions of sacrifice, saving, and investment.
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Sources
Agricultural Revolution Worksheet
Manual pg 78-80
http://richard-hooker.com/sites/worldcultures/AGRI/TECHNO/TECHNO1.HTM
http://cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/modules/cha-agr.htm (http://cec.vcn.bc.ca/cmp/index.htm)
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