WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: Surplus food in the Stone Age led to widespread population growth, the increased use of storage to keep food through the winter, and a higher rate of semi-permanent and permanent settlements.

Detailed explanation-2: -Surpluses helped villages survive bad seasons. As farmers began to produce more surpluses, villages did not need as many farmers to raise food. As a consequence, some people began specializing in other types of work such as making pottery or weaving cloth.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plentiful food led to population growth and villages formed. Eventually, these early villages developed into the world’s first civilization. Summarizing: What made civilization possible in Mesopotamia?

Detailed explanation-4: -The earliest civilizations developed between 4000 and 3000 B.C.E., when the rise of agriculture and trade allowed people to have surplus food and economic stability. Many people no longer had to practice farming, allowing a diverse array of professions and interests to flourish in a relatively confined area.