more food allows thepopulation to grow.
Extra food meant that not everyone had to produce food for a living
People could specialize in other things that were indirectly related to agriculture, such as education, philosophy, iron-making, writing texts, etc.
People could specialize in other things that were indirectly related to agriculture, such as education, philosophy, iron-making, writing texts, etc.
more food allows thepopulation to grow.
A) solve the hunger problem in those needy nations. or more likely, B) fall into the hands of dictators and thieves who would then try to trade it, lowering the world price of whatever commodity they were selling, leading to problems in agriculture in America and other food producing nations. In general, hunger and famine are rarely purely-natural disasters, there are usually grave political problems in countries which experience them. Just giving food is not enough. It is a temporary solution even when there is no corruption or diversion of the aid to the various factions.
Surpluses lead to cities because the people who would be builing the cities became healthier and stronger because they had more food. The population also grew because people had more kids. Food surpluses fed more people. Instead of producing food, the people had more time to have jobs like being an artisan and crafting items.
Successful farming practices helped Mesopotamia grow because people were able to settle and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Food surpluses made it possible for people to work on other things, such as art and music.
Successful farming practices helped Mesopotamia grow because people were able to settle and not live a nomadic lifestyle. Food surpluses made it possible for people to work on other things, such as art and music.
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What happened as a result of manor systems producing food surpluses
all of the above
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In the case of ancient peoples living in agricultural settlements, food surpluses were part of the reason these settlements grew into larger civilizations. A food surplus of a product another settlement lacked became barter material in exchange for other food products the first settlement lacked. Food for gold and silver was another result of selling off a food surplus to nations that needed the food and had gold to spend. Expansion of settlements led to trade and better means of transportation in order to trade a food surplus such as corn for example.
By ralding nearby villages for extra food