Nilo-Saharan Farmers Spread Cultivation and Herding
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Agriculture, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Farms, Farming, Rural Life, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: African History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Sudan
- Date: c. 6500-c. 5000
Article abstract: Nilo-Saharan speakers spread the practices of cultivation and herding westward across the Sahara and the Sudan Belt into the Eastern Sahara and also eastward across the upper Nile plains; these practices led to the establishment of farmsteads and the production of cotton textiles and leather products.
Summary of Event
One of the most remarkable early events in the history of Africa is the shift from food consumption by way of collection to food production in farming and herding. In the long view, agricultural production and animal...
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