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Hunting and Gathering Pastoral

Hunting-and-gathering cultures are People in pastoral


the oldest we know of; few of them survive
civilizations breed and herd sheep,
now, owing in part to the encroachment of
modern society on their survival. People in goats, camels, and other
these communities hunt for food as well as domesticated animals, which they
harvest plants and other flora, as the name utilize as a primary source of food
indicates. They have little goods except from and, depending on the species, as a
some basic hunting and gathering tools.
mode of transportation.
Everyone is required to help hunt food and
share what they discover in order to secure
their mutual survival. Hunting-and-gathering
peoples frequently wander from place to
place in search of sustenance. Because they
are nomadic, their civilizations are frequently
relatively tiny, with only a few hundred
members.

Horticultural Agrarian
Agricultural cultures arose in the
In horticultural
Middle East some 5,000 years ago, due to the
societies, people use hoes and creation of the plow. The plow, when carried
by oxen and other big animals, allowed for far
other simple hand tools to
greater crop cultivation than the rudimentary
raise crops.  tools of horticultural cultures allowed.
Around the same period, the wheel was
developed, and written language and
numerals were introduced. Thus, the rise of
agricultural communities signified a turning
point in the evolution of human society.
Ancient Egypt, China, Greece, and Rome were
all agrarian cultures, as are India and many
other great nations today.

Industrial
As machinery and factories
supplanted the plow and other agricultural
equipment as the dominant means of
production in the 1700s, industrial
civilizations evolved. The early machines were
powered by steam and water, but electricity
ultimately took over as the primary source of
power. The rise of industrial civilizations
brought about such profound changes in
many of the world's societies that the era
from around 1750 to the late 1800s is now
known as the Industrial Revolution. This
revolution has had massive ramifications in
practically every facet of society, some for the
better and others for the worst.

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