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Today in Western Civilization, we took more notes on the video that we started watching last week.  The class was short because we had a two-hour delay. The sound wasn’t working for about half of the class. When it started working we immediately started watching the video. Here are the notes that I took.

Only a few places were people farming independently

·      China – rice

·      The Americas – corn, squash, beans

·      Africa – millet, yams, sorghum

·      Good civilizations followed independently farmed places

·      Papua New Guinea did not get the same benefits

·      Farming in Papua New Guinea is almost 10,000 years old

·      Farmers suffered protein deficiency in Papua New Guinea

·      Spiders are sometimes eaten to supplement their diet

Most productive crops lead to most productive civilization

·       Comes down to geographic location

·      The island is secluded

·      People could live only by becoming better farmers

·      Humans controlled animal breading

·      Animals could be used for meat, milk, clothes, and fertilizer

·      Not every place is lucky enough to have animals that can help them out