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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
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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..."
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"...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..."
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"...primarily focused on trade, especially with the great empires of the Near East, okay?"
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"...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..."
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"...of Europe was not that different from the geography of the Near East. So they could take their religion, they could take their technology,..."
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"...Mother Goddess and their religion, okay? So the people in the Near East and the people of Europe were very similar, okay? The problem..."
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"...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..."
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"...okay, just average, 20 centimeters taller than the farmers in the Near East and in Europe. 20 centimeters is a lot, guys, okay? The..."
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"...emphasis on men, okay? So remember, in this society, in the Near East, in Europe, these are agricultural societies, and for them, what mattered..."
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"...important to remember is, these people in the steppes, in the Near East, in Europe, were all in contact with each other because they..."
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"...in India, in Iran, in the steppes, basically Russia, in the Near East, and in Europe, okay?"
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"...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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