agricultural+revolution

8c. Neolithic agricultural revolution vs. green/environmental revolution: || Sources: Wikipedia, urbanization and development in latin america by myron frankman. Examples: Agricultural Revolution Enviromental Revolution
 * * First agricultural revolution
 * Transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture and settlements
 * Neolithic revolution > shorter life expectancy, birth rate \/, more diseases
 * Benefited from firearms and steel swords
 * Developed resistances to infectious diseases b/c of close relationship with domesticated animals
 * At first, they were struck with the diseases, such as smallpox and the measles, but natural selection allowed those with immunities to the diseases to live on and pass their immunity on too
 * Lived near domesticable plants and animals
 * Safer from attacks from other civilizations || * Transformation of agriculture beginning in 1945
 * Mexican government wanted to establish an agricultural research station in order to create different kinds of wheat to help feed the quickly growing population
 * More rice, maize, and wheat was grown
 * Agricultural output ^ b/c of green revolution
 * Energy input ^ faster
 * Depended on the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #00ff00;">Production of grain ^ drastically
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #00ff00;">> establishment of rural credit institutions
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #00ff00;">Small farmers were in debt > loss of farmland
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #00ff00;">Machines were used on larger farms > less employment in rural economy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #00ff00;">Economic difficulties of farm workers/owners > rural-urban migration ^
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; background-color: #00ff00;">Production of food increase > cheaper food for urbanized people