Essay on Guns, Germs, and Steel

sPre-History is when before people wrote down things. History is when people wrote down things. "Hunter Gatherers" are people who hunted, gathered and created shelter they would live in for a long time. It is very rare to catch people catching animals. It takes skill and knowledge to hunt animals. Since hunting is so unpredictable gathering is done more. Gathering is mostly done by women. The main resource is called sago and the pulp inside the trees are used to make a dough. There is not enough sago to support a nation of people. Barley and wheat are better than sago. Before barley and wheat were able to be made it had to become warmer and moist for it to make food. During this ice age and famine they needed to create a new way of life that would change the way of the world. Ian Kithe is a person who studies the history and ancient remains of the Middle East. Mainly in the Jordan Valley. He just found a village about 11 thousand years ago. They also discovered the worlds first grannary it is a place to store grains like wheat and barley it is hearty and able to be stored for years. 11 thousand years ago the people figured out they could grow food and they didn't need to keep moving and had to keep hunting and gathering. The people would try and live close to a body of water. The stone aged people of the middle east became the first farmers. Farming evolved in a lot of other countries like China, the Americas, and Africa but it didn't happen in the islands of New Guinea. New Guinea has the oldest form of farming as any country. These people were one of the earliest farmers in the world. How did they not advance in technology? Since their food and crops rotted so quickly and were low in protein, they had to eat some giant spiders, sago, and roots. Most of the things that happened geographically happened with a lot of luck. Since they spend so much time hunting and gathering they do not have time to advance in their technologies. Not everybody has to be working to keep everybody fed. The civilizations that didn't find good things to grow are stuck back 11 thousands years ago. A Domesticated Animal is in a house, it is not wild. A Domesticated Plant is a plant that you control. a place to store grains like wheat and barley it is hearty and able to be stored for years. 11 thousand years