He says agriculture developed in the Near East because humans are religious and farming allowed people to celebrate their religion.
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Near East
He says agriculture developed in the Near East because humans are religious and farming allowed people to celebrate their religion.
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He dates farming's Near Eastern origin to after the last Ice Age, when warming made the Near East especially suitable for crops, and says a later cooler period pushed Near Eastern people into Europe.
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"...okay? So we believe that about 11,000 years ago, in the Near East, we developed agriculture. We developed the technology of farming. And as..."
"...religion, okay? And the reason why farming was founded in the Near East is, for the longest time, there's an ice age. So you..."
"...primarily focused on trade, especially with the great empires of the Near East, okay?"
"...get Northern Africa, and Mark Anthony would get Egypt and the Near East, Anatolia, Syria. So Mark Anthony basically gets the lion's share of..."
"...of Europe was not that different from the geography of the Near East. So they could take their religion, they could take their technology,..."
"...Mother Goddess and their religion, okay? So the people in the Near East and the people of Europe were very similar, okay? The problem..."
"...scarce resources in the steppes. It's not as wealthy as the Near East and as Europe, and they're all trying to survive. They all..."
"...okay, just average, 20 centimeters taller than the farmers in the Near East and in Europe. 20 centimeters is a lot, guys, okay? The..."
"...emphasis on men, okay? So remember, in this society, in the Near East, in Europe, these are agricultural societies, and for them, what mattered..."
"...important to remember is, these people in the steppes, in the Near East, in Europe, were all in contact with each other because they..."
"...in India, in Iran, in the steppes, basically Russia, in the Near East, and in Europe, okay?"
"...okay? So agriculture was started in about 9000 BCE, in the Near East, Turkey, Anatolia, as well as Israel, Syria, Jordan."
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