How did agriculture encourage the development of villages?

Answer 1

When man came down from trees and began the life of hunters he had to travel far in his search for good game country. It is logical to assume that caves were his abodes then. The first cave man who observed the germination of thrown away fruit-seeds on his cave mouths and who consciously planted seeds and watched out of curiosity their growth was the first scientist and the first farmer. From then on it did not take much time for the nomads to become farmers and planters. Once agriculture was started, homes began to come into being. Thus emerged the settlements. It was his settling for agriculture that made homes a necessity. Settlement with homes was what led to the emergence of villages and in due course, towns.

When man was a nomad, all in his community had to take part in the hunting. Moreover in those nomadic set up, he had to hunt almost all days. So there was no leisure. When agriculture began, there came plentiness and prosperity and it generated leisure time. Society finally became able to afford a minority who did no work, but would just sit eat and think. Thus philosophers, statesmen and civilization made their appearance, without the leadership of whom the establishment of villages and towns would not have been possible.

Answer 2

By the time the Middle Ages rolled around farming was really established and so were the towns. Most of the land was not open land, but owned by a noble of the area. This meant that 90% of the population was working for someone and barely living. A thousand years before the fall of the Roman Empire in 410 people had settled down to farming and the cities developed around the farming areas. Without the introduction of farming to the world people wouldn't have begun towns, governments, or culture. The growing of crops lead to all the rest.

Answer 3

By growing crops and by slash and burn. It also led to people trading there crops when they had to much food.