The first agricultural revolution was characterized by all of the following except
A) domestication of animals such as sheep and cattle.
B) new methods to process, prepare and store foods.
C) sedentary agriculture based on burning plant matter as a way of returning nutrients to the soil.
D) uprising of rural populations against urban landholders.
E) centers in Fertile Crescent, South Asia, East Asia, Mesoamerica and the Andes.
Answer: D
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