La révolution de l'agriculture en Angleterre (document en anglais)
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In England agricultural revolution worker produces more food. It was a shift from the custom of hunting and gathering to farming and domesticating animals. There are many effects of this revolution to modern society. This revolution caused an abundance of food, a drastic increase in population, and the beginning of domesticating of animals. Homo sapiens' knowledge of farming brought about many significant consequences, one being a surplus of food. Humans began to learn that if they reside in one place to farm, they would be able to have sufficient necessities. Humans were not accustomed to having a multitude of food available. Farming and living in one place, instead of nomadic living, was very popular and so it caught on with other groups of people. With that this was the beginning of civilizations and cities. The farming and civilizations initiated the beginning of trade. The surplus of food caused an enormous population growth. Since people were no longer nomads and were not traveling around place to place hunting for food, there was a huge growth of population. A surplus of food that fewer people were starving. It also brought people together in cities, and they were able to share their techniques and get the good ideas passed on to others. With the surplus of food that meant that not everyone would have to farm so others could focus on another area of work. The concentration of population also made it easier for bacteria and diseases to spread. Meanwhile, civilizations and city states increased people's need of a government and leader. During this revolution, humans learned that it is more beneficial to domesticate animals than simply hunting. They learned that they could obtain more meat from domesticated animals than from hunting. Humans began to domesticate large mammals like sheep, cows, and oxen, with which they produced milk and fertilizers. In addition, some of the animals could be used to plow fields, which contributed to farming by increasing its efficiency. There have been many nonpolitical revolutions in history but this one could be said that it was the most important of them all. Without this revolution everything we know and are today could be completely different. It was a major time in history. It is the most important and influential in our modern living.
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