Final Agriculture/Environmental

Crop Rotation

8000 BCE

The process of crop rotation is used to provide the soil with health, better nutrients, and to keep weeds to a minimum, and gives the field recovery time.

Plow

3000 BCE

The first plows were made around 3000 bc and there is no exact date. The first plows made of iron were produced in China approximately in 300bc. I believe that this relates to my theme because this was a major agricultural advancement because it made farming easier and environmentally it caused more land to be used by farmers because they could farm more efficiently due to the plow.

Watermill

3000 BCE

Approximately made around 3000BC this water mill was made to use water as its power source. The large water wheel would be built into a river and as the wheel would move it would power or move mechanisms inside to grind, roll, or hammer.

Babylonian Wind Powered Machine

2000 BCE

This machine was being worked on as part of an irrigation project. I believe that this was important to agriculture because it was a new addition and new advancement to irrigation. This also would have brought new ideas to use wind for other uses.

Nile Delta Canal

550 BCE

This was finished around 550-486BC. I believe that this is an important step for agriculture because it allowed for more ships to get accrose\sed bodies of water which would make it easier for the shipping of crops and other goods and materials from across the water.

Breaching Strap

481 BCE

Though the exact date of the discovery of the breaching strap is unknown it was made around 481-221BC. I believe this is a very important development in agriculture because when the cattle originally pulled plows if they pulled too heavy of a load they would choke themselves out and die. The invention of the Breaching strap made it easier for cattle and horses to pull heavier loads without choking themselves therefore making it easier.

Windmills

600

Windmills like the water mills were created to use the natural elements to power mechanisms such as wheels internally to grind up grains. Though the windmills were more for grinding grain than rolling and hammering like the watermills.

Carucca

1300

The carucca like the iron plow that originated in 300 china is a large iron plow. The difference is this plow was much larger and heavier so it dug deeper and required a team of up to 8 boxes to pull.

Christopher Columbus

1492

I believe that Christopher Columbus has a big part in agriculture in the U.S. I think that Christopher is important to agriculture because not only did he bring crops over but he also took crops back which would have brought different agriculture and farming opportunities for the countries.

Wheel

3000

With this eventually, the transportation of agricultural goods would be made easier since the wheel would make it easier to walk wagons or wheelbarrow type things to walk with.