Well today in Human Geo we continued watching Germs, Guns, and
Steel. It talked about how location changed how rapidly civilizations
developed. That those I'm the Middle East had wheat, which was nutritious and
very healthy for you and easy to grow, and lasted for months at a time. While
people in Papua New Guinea had Sago that was hard to grow, not nutritious, and
only lasted for a few days, all it had going for it was it was filling. So this
allowed people in the Middle East to not have to worry about food as much. Then
they developed a way to keep food fresh for like a year. Then they started to domesticate
the wheat by only picking the best ones and re planting them. Then over time
they started to domesticate animals like sheep and goats. Which give milk,
hide, meat, and fertilizer. So you can see that advantages the Middle Eastern
people had compared to the new Guineans.
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