Why was the continued development of intensified agriculture as a means for state building and civilization a fragile strategy for growth into pre-1000 B.C.E.?
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Answers will vary but correct responses should include: Not all regions that saw the development of new states were conducive for large agricultural development. While these civilizations continued to modify the landscape to encourage production and developed new storage methods, production could not keep up with population growth. Lack of soil fertility and overexploitation of the land lead to food shortages and famine. Continued and widening gaps in social classes led to uneven distributions of food. A s more land, resources and labor was devoted to agriculture, ecological events such as earthquakes, instead of just setting a state back for a growing season, could completely destroy it.
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