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An economy based on raising or herding cattle, sheep, and goats so grassland can feed humans indirectly.
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pastoral economy
An economy based on raising or herding cattle, sheep, and goats so grassland can feed humans indirectly.
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The first major steppe innovation Jiang lists is a pastoral economy: cattle, sheep, and goats convert grass humans cannot eat into human food.
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"...human history. Okay, so the first innovation they adopted was a pastoral economy, okay? A pastoral economy, basically raising cattle, raising or herding cattle,..."
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"...the source of your food, okay? So they created a new economy. What the second innovation is, what then they realized is, you know..."
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"...to ride horses was very important for their society and their economy. And so now they have the ability to ride horses. That's the..."
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