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Transcript of Big History
By. Megan Foster
Originally used to describe how far you
would go to defend your view of things.
What we were has changed because
what we know has changed.
Up to the 15th
Century, people memorized
Chants/Songs as a way of passing
down history
• Modern Finance- 17th Century
• Literacy- 15th Century
• The Idea of Progress- 19th
Century
They are still to this day living as
Hunter/Gatherers
They grew Barley and Wheat
There are nearly 2 million known species of animals
Vast Majority of them have never been farmed
Most Insects and Rodents are not worth the effort of farming
Some Birds, Fish, and Reptiles have been domesticated
So have many large Carnivores(most of which are simply impractical to farm, not because they are dangerous, but because you’d have to grow other animals just to feed them)
The best animals to farm are large, plant eating mammals
Despite repeated efforts, Africans have never succeeded in domesticating the Elephant
148 species of domesticated plant eating mammals that grow to 100lbs+
Number successfully farmed for any extended period of time is on 14 (Bactrian Camels, Arabian Camels, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cows, Horses, Donkeys, Water Buffalo, Llama, Reindeer, Yaks, Mithans, and Bali Cattle)
South America had Ancestor to Llama
All others had origins in Asia, North America, and Europe
Cows, Pigs, Sheep, and Goats Are native to the Middle East
This allows them to retain their body
heat better to keep them warmer
Not only do they tell us how old a tree is, they also explain to us the
conditions in which that tree has been living. We can discover the amount
of water and sunlight the tree has received,
and any evidence of catastrophic events
during the trees lifetime, simply by