Omotics Advance Farming Practices in Horn of Africa
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Agriculture, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology, Plants, Botany, Horticulture, Farms, Farming, Rural Life, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: African History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Ethiopia
- Date: c. 6000-c. 1000
Article abstract: Omotic peoples cultivated the ensete plant and yams and later interacted with Cushitic cattle and grain farmers to create an elaborate agricultural system that used irrigation, plowing, fertilizing, and stone-terraced mountainsides.
Summary of Event
Omotic populations descend from ancient southern Afrasans of northeast Africa who inhabited the southwestern region of what is now known as Ethiopia. Omotic culture began to emerge as a distinct ethnic group around 6500 b.c.e. The proto-Omotic peoples were at the forefront of a major...
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