'Historical Advantage' By Jared Diamond

However, the question as to how beneficial the Agricultural Revolution was to humanity remains. Some people argue that the Agricultural Revolution offered and illusion of lavish life, but at more cost than benefit. For example, Friedrich Engels, co founder of Marxism, believed agriculture the direct cause for a loss of political innocence (Noble or Savage 2). Others argue that agricultural came as a great success for the survival of the human race, and believe it to be crucially beneficial to the development of humanity. Both arguments have their flaws and strengths, however, evidence suggests that the Agricultural Revolution benefited humanity from the perspective of a larger group, but came as a deficit to humanity from the perspective of the individual human.

In historian Jared Diamond’s book and film Guns, Germs and Steel, he attempts to explain why some parts of the world are more economically sound than others. The facts Diamond delves into extend back thousands of years. Some civilizations had what Diamond referred to as “geographic luck”, meaning that some lands were situated in an environment better suited for agriculture and other resource gathering. Other civilizations were also unable to domesticate animals that would have made farming and living on the land easier. Domesticated animals provided milk, fur, meat, as well as the ability to feed off leftover crop beds and create dung to fertilize future crops.

When looking at the early twentieth-century conservation movement to help preserve the environment. Although Gifford Pinchot laid down some ground-breaking work for environment protection in the early twentieth century, Gifford had good intentions for protecting the environment. His policies he put into practice helped protect the environment for industry and entrepreneurs. Well into the twentieth century American was well into expending westwards with the idea of manifest density. This was both good and bad for the American people and the economy because this meant that resources from across American could be more easily harvested and brought back to the factories and use for industry.

The lack of need for farming for the economy led to the abolishment of slavery, as it was seen as unnecessary based off the economy. On the other hand, the Chesapeake colonies had a climate that was conducive to farming and cash crops and needed slavery. With rich soil and complete reliance on tobacco as a cash crop for the economy, plantations were established in order to cultivate tobacco on a larger scale. As a result, the Chesapeake colonies were much more labor intensive in comparison to the New England colonies. Slaves began to outweigh the number of indentured servants due to the Slave Codes which made the slaves and their descendants property rather than people and lack of opportunities for indentured servants.

In this way, the Atlantic moat actually caused more harm than good for Native Americans, by being cut off from the rest of the world for so long, their immune systems could not defend themselves from the diseases that Europeans brought over with them. Europeans, however, saw the pristine natural resources as the perfect profit, gaining gold, silver, furs, and fish. The climate in South America was also perfect for growing luxury crops such as sugar, bringing another positive aspect upon European people from their use of the Atlantic as a bridge rather than a moat (Notes) (Labaree

The Neolithic Revolution in 10,000 BC changed mankind from nomadic groups of hunter-gatherers to what we would call a society. Since the beginning human history, people would survive by living in relatively small groups, hunting animals for food, and foraging wild plants and berries as they followed the animal herds. This sort of lifestyle made it hard to grow in population due to the inconsistencies of hunting because any extended period of no returns from hunting would result in members of the tribe starving to death. This changed at the end of the Ice Age around 10,000 BC when temperatures rose and food became more abundant. Not having to constantly relocate due to depleted food resources allowed people to settle down in one place all year long.

For the most part, the English obtained more failures than successes. However, I believe this has largely to do with the lazy settlers. Had the settlers been ambitious, knowledgeable hard workers there is no doubt in my mind Jamestown would have been the first successful colony. Needless to say, their efforts were not for nothing and provided the framework for other settlers to follow by. For this reason, they should get some recognition for their

He spent more than the farm was able to bring in through harvest, and this eventually led to ration cuts. However, he soon realized that he could better manage the economy by selling more than just harvests. This issue with this however, is in doing so, he violated one of the commandments and began consulting a human. What Napoleon ultimately did, was trade the trust of the other animals and the cause of the revolution for more money. Once this extra income of supplies started flowing in, this shortened work times, but also lowered the animal’s morale.

Increasing the size of the crop allows it to produce more edible mass, as well as become more profitable. This has the secondary effect of lowering the amount of land needed to farm, and in a world where the population consumes 11,000,000 pounds of food everyday and is increasing exponentially, this is extremely important, as razing forests to build more farm land is harmful to the environment. Another advantage to using GMO crops is the ability to ward off insects which would destroy them. This is done in two ways, either giving the plant the ability to produce pesticide, or by giving the plant immunity to a toxin which will kill everything else around it. GMO crops are also cheaper than their organic counterparts, largely due to their increased size and the fact that they require less management, like pesticide treatment.

Also, market enlargement, availability of cheap labour, economies of scale and specialisation, acceleration of technological progress, and the more promising attitudes, capacities, and incentives of younger populations compared with older ones are some of the advantages although we all know that high population growth creates pressures on limited natural resources, reduces private and public capital formation, and diverts accompaniments to capital resources to maintaining rather than increasing the stock of capital per

I think that the greatest advantage that the north had was the numbers and the industrialization. If the south had the same access to the industrialization that the north had as well as the amount of people then I that there could have been a different outcome to the war. The south knew the topography and the weather conditions of the land where the battles were being fought. If they were able to employ the same type of force like the north had they would have had a better chance at winning the war. But since they did not see the point in taking the industrialization as serious as the north did since they were making such good profits from agriculture in my opinion they did not have a good chance at winning the war from the

Mesopotamia was a successful civilization because of it 's farming. I know this beause If they weren 't successful in farming, they couldn 't build up theire civilization. The text stated that the two rivers would bring in silt, which made rich farming land. This in turn, made them need less farmers, so people got other jobs. The text says they built temples and started trading with other villages.

Economically, agriculture economy is kept with the thought of wanting wealth is accepted. Major values are from the Puritans and have influenced the New England colonies. The New England colonies desire for better education came from the Puritans. They wanted to educate the new generation since the older generation was dying out. Since the old minsters were dying.

Before this business venture, the villagers held little faith in white Americans. The long-term effects from this success will live on in their invention, making it difficult for successful communists to discrediting Americans in the future. This brings me to the second SOF imperative shown by Atkins, which was ensuring long-term sustainment. Atkins always kept in mind that his invention must always incorporate equipment and supplies readily available to the villagers. By enlisting the help of Jeepo and his knowledge of what the people could actually use, the pair found a creative way to harness local mechanisms to reach their goal and reduced the villager’s reliance on external

What is the Agrarian Myth? Before this research assignment, I had only heard the term “agrarian myth” maybe once or twice. However, I was aware that Thomas Jefferson had quite the green thumb and played a huge role on how agriculture is practiced today. The Agrarian Myth, as defined by Richard Hofstadter, “was fashioned for the new nation a folk hero, the yeoman farmer, who was admired not for his capacity to exploit opportunities and make money but rather his ability to produce a simple abundance”. My interpretation of that definition is that the farmers threw monetary values to the side and started to simply take pride in their work.