1. Oasis Theory.Proposed in 1908 by Raphael Pumpelly, an American geologist and explorer, this theory is predicated on climatic change as the basis of the start of agriculture. Due to dry spell, both humans and animals converged close to oases. It was there that animals were first domesticat...
The increased labor supply is considered one of the factors facilitating the Industrial Revolution. Attributions The Enclosure Act “History of agriculture.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_agriculture. Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0. “Common land.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land...
The first threshing machine was invented circa 1786 by the Scottish engineer Andrew Meikle, and the subsequent adoption of such machines was one of the earlier examples of the mechanization of agriculture. Key Terms threshing machine: A piece of farm equipment that threshes grain, that is, ...
Overall joint venture stability has been high, but is expected to decline, and foreign partner satisfaction with performance is low.Wikipedia, FromU.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health ;...
[ Wikipedia ] Visual drawing of Peking Man The Chinese started cultivating rice and millet as early as 7500 BC, according to scientist and author Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs, and Steel). However, the first signs of settled agriculture in China started around 5000 B.C. ...
How sustainable is organic agriculture on the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico? Desalination plants for the Baja California Peninsula Why is the world’s largest salt-works in Baja California Sur? The re-opening of the giant El Boleo copper mine in Santa Rosalía, Baja California Sur ...
In the First Five-Year Plan of the newly-founded People’s Republic of China, families were each given their own plot of land. In the Second Five Year Plan, begun in 1958, a new agriculture system was announced. Family farms were grouped into collective farms, making each village a single...
Frederik’s father Christian III, King of Denmark and Norway died in 1559, and 24-year-old Frederik succeeded him. During his reign, finances were improved, agriculture and trade were promoted, and the German Hanseatic League’s privileges with Denmark were limited or abolished. Friedrich revoluti...
Early evidence for proto-Chinese millet agriculture is carbon-dated to about 7,000 BC, and associated with the Jiahu site (also the site of the earliest playable music instruments). This period also includes the earliest stage of the Chinese written language (still under debate) and the earlies...
Apsu - father of the gods and consort of Tiamat Aruru - mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag Dagan - god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon Ea - the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counte...