The ending of Chapter 1 was very interesting. I was intrigued when I was reading about how they transformed into an agricultural era. I like reading about where each animal or plant was from and how not every country had what the others had. I really liked how Strayer emphasized the impact of domestication of the plants and animals that took place. It is amazing to think about how changing one thing, like agriculture, can change the way people live. For example, the beginning of agriculture made the people settle down in one place instead of being nomadic. It was amazing to read about how agriculture changed over the years and how much it was used to survive. I liked how back then they didn't worry about if someone was a male or female because they just needed them to do their job and get the food needed to survive. Everyone was treated equally and I believe that that is something in our world today. I thought it was cool how some places could survive without a leader/chief, but in other places they needed to have a chief so that everything can get done. In a way, we live in a chiefdom country because we have a president that tells what we need to do.

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