Essay Questions Flashcards
Plow First Used
8000 BC Mesopotamia
Heavy Plow used by who? when?
Salvic lands, 5th century
Plow design spread to where, by when?
Italy and Rhineland, 8th century
Significance of Plow?
Pulled by teams of oxen, cleared forests in the NW of Europe (low cultivation, little population)
Three field crop rotation introduced when?
8th century
What is two-field rotation?
1) cultivation
2) fallow
What is three-field rotation?
1) winter rye, wheat (fall)
2) peas, beans, lentils (spring)
3) fallow
Significance of three field rotation?
increase yield and more legumes meaning more nutrition
What was wrong with horse harnesses in the past?
Impeded breathing, slowing down horses
Horse harnesses in the 3rd century?
Yokes - breast strap, load from neck to chest
Horse harnesses in the 8th century?
medieval horse collar, load from chest to shoulders
Why is using horses better than oxen?
50% faster, more stamina
Importance of these 3 technologies?
main contributors to significant population growth and economic boom
Development of agriculture?
Need for social organization to manage distribution of food and surplus
What did development of agriculture lead to?
increase in social ranking, ways to resolve conflict (ownership and inheritance of land), development of ancestor cults (jericho), gender roles more defined
