2/1/19

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Today we finished the video. Early sediments in Mesopotamia all moved east or west due to the climate and infertile land. Since the fertile crescent was being over populated and growing more and more crops uncontrollably, the land became dry and hard to grow crops. On top of that the weather became very dry and humid. All the animals started moving east and west as well as the people. This way the climate is around the same as well as food and customs. This is how advanced technology spread across Eurasia. Places like china started producing rice, Africa grew millet, yams and sorghum. After, Europeans took cows and some crops over with them to the ne land, also know as North America. None of the farm animals were native to North America but now we have about 200 million cows and 100 minion tons of meat. North America was known for corn, squash and beans. 

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