Farming and Agricultural Technology in Empires

Farming and Agricultural Technology in Empires

Defend or Refute ONE of the following statements
1. Sacred texts (like the Bible) are completely useless as sources of
historical documentation.
2. The Zhou dynasty took over from the Shang dynasty because the Shang
emperors lost the Mandate of Heaven.
3. Without farming and agricultural technology, Empires could not exist.

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In the days of empires, the societies of the world had a subsistence economy. Trade was not well developed, and the people would only trade on goods that were not consumable on a large scale. The economy was mainly agrarian but without advances that could sustain large populations that would make up an urban center. Therefore, political and economic success was a predicated on how much food a society could produce. The food was a currency. Therefore, growth, just as is the case today, relied heavily on the availability of food. Food is a direct consequence of farming….

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