What were the similarities and differences between the development of agriculture in India and Africa?
What will be an ideal response?
A. Similarities
1) both regions show evidence of agriculture about 9,000 years ago
2) both regions cultivated wheat
3) both regions saw a spread of agriculture move through the area
a) in India farming spread from southwest Asia by way of Baluchistan
b) in Africa it spread southward from West Africa along with Bantu languages
B. Differences
1) India did not see a phase between foraging and farming; foragers did not settle
a) remnants of domestic barley and wheat in mud bricks and the bones of domestic goats confirm the presence of agriculture
2) Africa's evidence of what caused the spread of agriculture not as clear
a) appears that one region might have influenced the other
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