WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Agricultural practices began in the Delta Region of northern Egypt and the fertile basin known as the Faiyum in the Predynastic Period in Egypt (c. 6000-c. 3150 BCE), but there is evidence of agricultural use and overuse of the land dating back to 8000 BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -Their farming practices allowed them to grow staple food crops, especially grains such as wheat and barley, and industrial crops, such as flax and papyrus. They excelled in horticulture. Orchards and gardens were developed in addition to field planting in the floodplains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation:Located in Pakistan’s province of Baluchistan, Mehrgarh provides the earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the subcontinent and probably south Asia. It is considered a precurser to Indus Valley Civilization.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Old World, settled life developed on the higher ground from Iran to Anatolia and the Levant and in China in the semiarid loess plains and the humid Yangtze valley.