Why Agriculture Was So Important
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Watch these two lectures, which provide a general overview of agricultural change in China. Chinese farmers invented a wide range of devices to increase farms' yield and save labor. Many of these practices were diffused to other parts of the world, especially Europe.
- Video 1: Why Was Farming So Important? | Big History Project
- Video 2: Humanity's Transition to Farming | Big History Project
Source: OER Project, https://youtu.be/Hx6-m510hjU and https://youtu.be/VNwh90eJels 
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