Don't farmers today have a better living circumstance than 1,000 years ago? Do they have better diets and more leisure due to technology?

However, farming wasn't a better option for foragers, because they generally had worse health, less lesuire time, and less time for _*baby production*_. Also, they had to work all day at boring jobs.

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Course: World History Project - Origins to the Present > Unit 2

Lesson 5: Was Farming a Good Idea? | 2.4

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Did farming lead to the state? Were all states made by farmers, and did all farmers come to live in states? In this video, two leading world historians share what they know about the connections between the shift to agriculture and the rise of states.

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This video was pretty good, I love the way these guys explain everything so perfectly.
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In conclusion: Eating good. Starving bad. You have to be able to eat before you can start thinking about building cities.
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how to make a farm.
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Candice Goucher looks like Meredith from The Office (U.S.) lol
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