After the ice age came the Agricultural Revolution and something I found surprising is the new technology that was created during this period. Although new technology was discovered the gatherer-hunters techniques were used for a time after. When the new technology was discovered the paleolithic era soon became the neolithic era. The new technology was created because of the lack of many large animals which caused for the gatherer-hunters to slowly "die off'. Larger animals started to go extinct because after the ice age there was global warming which created many different climates that some animals could not survive in, but homo sapiens could. Selective breeding was considered "technology" because it benefitted all people around the globe. Farmers were able to create more from less meaning they were able to figure out how have less sheep, but make more wool then having more sheep and barely matching how much wool they could make with less of the selective bred sheep. Farmers were also able to use selective breeding on plants creating more things such as corn or wheat, etc. At first selective breeding process could only support large communities, but as larger communities decided to settle selective breeding became their only source that would help them survive. Another issue had come to light when farmers and other people from the communities began to become sick with diseases. This was because the diseases that the animals carried. Through these diseases many people died, but many got through it and were able to help modify the selective breeding process. The process of selective breeding is still used today, but since years went on homo sapiens were able to identify and stop the terrors that came with it. I think its really interesting that one thing can be created so long ago and still be developing in the world today.
Chapter 8 was about how China could possibly be the next superpower. Many things lead me to believe this. To start off Chyna dominated the sea roads which was the exchange system within the Indian ocean. Because of this exchange China had one of the largest cosmopolitan urban centers. Since many people visited the centers it caused China’s economy to shoot up because they were making so much money from it. Another thing that would help what is the revival of Confucianism. Confucianism would help with the order and social class of China making it more organized and efficient to handle large problems. China also had an examination system which was to help give out jobs to people meaning to get a high powered job you must be educated and take the exam. China was also very advanced, they found a way to feed their oversize population using rice. This rice came from Vietnam and grew two times faster than normal. It was also drought -resistant so there was never a reason people would die of s...
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