Foundations
Agriculture
Neolithic farmers · 10,000 BCE
Domesticating plants and animals traded foraging for surplus, and surplus bought cities, specialists, and writing.
Stood on the shoulders of
Nothing before it here — this is a starting point.
Made possible
- Irrigation
- Weaving & Textiles
- The Wheel
- The Domesticated Horse
- Writing
- The Heavy Plow
- Natural Selection
- Laws of Heredity