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Agriculture developed in parts of the Americas. Domesticated crops included beans, corn (maize), cassavas, squashes, potatoes, and peppers.
The open-field system of planting was common in western Europe. Village land was divided into two or three large fields, and crops were rotated in each field yearly, with one field left unplanted.
In Southwestern Asia, wheat and barley were cultivated, and sheep, pigs, and goats were domesticated in the Zagros Mountains. Dogs had been domesticated in Europe by about 10,000 BC.
In Mesopotamia, simple irrigation began and led to increased agricultural production, eventually contributing to the rise of cities.
Llamas were domesticated in South America. The animals were used as beasts of burden and as sources of wool and meat in some Andean areas.
In 1701 Jethro Tull invented the seed drill in England. Along with that, Robert Bakewell introduced selective breeding concept for sheep and cattle. In New England, the sheep industry exploded in the 1795- 1815. In 1793, the cotton gin was invented.
In 1801, the icebox refrigerator was created. In the eighteen hundreds, cattlemen moved out to the Plains are and settled there. In 1834, the McCormick reaper was invented. In 1874-1876 grasshoppers attacked crops. In 1873, Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire.
In 1910-15 gas tractors were invented. In 1928 a bread slicer was invented. In the late 1900's mechanization was created that let a farmer produce enough food for 100 people. In 1973 computers were first patented.
Plants and other agriculture products were traded and brought to Europe from America's through important trade routes.
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1900's
Grain agriculture developed in Egypt. Also
The water buffalo was domesticated in India and became an important draft animal.
Grain agriculture formed in the Indus River Valley. Also, llamas were domesticated.
Cattle were domesticated in Greece.
The Huang (Yellow) River Valley was an area of early farming in northern China. Millet was a staple crop there. Rice, which may have originated in India, was cultivated throughout much of Asia by 5000 B.C.