GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What led to the building of permanent settlements?
A
usage of irrigation systems
B
development of simple governments
C
development of agriculture
D
end of bloody warfare
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The British officials thought that investment in agriculture, trade, and the resources of the revenue of the State could be increased by agriculture. To permanently fix the revenue and secure property rights, the system which came to be known as the ‘Permanent Settlement’ was adopted.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gordon Childe coined the term “Neolithic Revolution” in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The advent of agriculture separated Neolithic people from their Paleolithic ancestors.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most anthropologists agree that settled agriculture began in the Fertile Crescent in Mesopotamia around 8-10, 000 B.C. Its spread across the ancient world allowed humans to stop their daily search for food and exert their energies into creating society.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stages are: 1. Traditional Agriculture 2. Technologically Dynamics Agriculture-Low Capital Technology 3. Technologically Dynamic Agriculture High Capital Technology.

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