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Spread to West Africa to around Sudan area between Nile and Chad, by 1500 BC
Finger millet originated in East Africa.
Later the two spread to Asia and China.
RICE
Originated in Asia where currently is a stable food- in Thailand at about 3500 BC
Then spread to India, Europe and Japan
The African variety was grown along the upper Niger around 1500 BC
MAIZE
Origin- Central America at about 5000 BC at Tehuacan in Mexico.
In Africa, was introduced by the Portuguese in 15thc.
YAMS
The first root and tuber crop to be domesticated- 9000 BC in south East Asia.
The African variety, the white guinea yam was grown in Ivory Coast.
DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS
The Dog was the first animal to be domesticated. The next animals were the sheep,
Goats, cattle and camels. Animal domestication Began through establishment of ties
between man and animals during hunting or when fetching water.
Dog
Assisted humans in hunting, driving away dangerous animals and herding livestock
Goats
The Goat was first domesticated in south west Asia in5000 BC.Evidence of this is found
at Tell Abu Hureyra, Tepe Ali Kosh, and Deh Luren Khuzestan in south -west Iran. Also
in Iraq, upper Tigris valley, turkey and south Jordan. Goat domestication was in Egypt in
5000 BC Sheep.Sheep was domesticated after the dog. Fossil evidence of sheep keeping
has been found at Zawi Chemi Shanid in Iraq and dating to about 9000 BC. Sheep were
also kept in Syria, Egypt and Saharan region then to West Africa. Sheep was also kept in
Indus valley and yellow river valleys.
Cattle
Cattle was first domesticated in south-west Asia as early as 5800BC in turkey and then in
Iran and Iraq. It then spread to Ethiopia and North Africa from Asia.
The short-horned cattle originated in Mesopotamia then spread to Africa and Europe.
Camel
Though camels are associated with North Africa today, the original home has been traced
to North America from where t spread to South America and Asia. The Asian and s.
American species became the ancestors of the Alpaca and Illama.Two types of camels
exist today- the one-humped (found in Middle East, northern china and Africa), and the
two-humped camel (found in central Asia.) Camels were domesticated about 3000 BC to
2500 BC