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Food production developed in multiple regions

c. 10,500-3500 BCE · Fertile Crescent anchor with global comparison

Plant management, cultivation and domestication developed through distinct processes in West Asia, China, New Guinea, parts of Africa and the Americas rather than spreading from one universal center; dates depend on which evidence and definition is used.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Food production developed in multiple regions, c. 10,500-3500 BCE. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Gardens, fields, managed wetlands, corrals and storage areas differed with crops, animals and ecology.

Agent citation CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUKCIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST+2 in register Setting and material context · 6 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Some communities became more sedentary while others combined cultivation, herding, hunting, fishing and mobility.

Agent citation CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUKCIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST+2 in register Lifeways and community · 6 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Seed selection, irrigation, grinding, storage and animal management accumulated through generations of observation.

Agent citation CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUKCIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST+2 in register Work, tools and exchange · 6 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Ritual often accompanied seasonal and household life, but archaeological symbols do not yield one farming religion.

Agent citation CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUKCIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST+2 in register Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 6 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Farmers and villages
Region: West Asia · Fertile Crescent anchor with global comparison
Languages and scripts: Many unrelated language families; no single farming language
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: Independent plant domestication; Animal domestication in selected regions; Expansion of storage
Evidence confidence: High for independent centers; medium for the pace and social causes of change at individual sites.

Agent citation CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUKCIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST+2 in register Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 6 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARHCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHUCIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUKCIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST+2 in register Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 6 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

Each registered source ID is paired with its institutional URL for independent checking. Source count is transparent, and duplicate URLs count only once.

CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-MEHRGARH

Archaeological Site of Mehrgarh

https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1876

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-LIANGZHU

Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1592/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-GLOBAL-UNESCO-KUK

Kuk Early Agricultural Site

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/887/

UNESCO World Heritage Centre

CIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-SOUTHWEST

Southwest: Infinity of Nations

https://americanindian.si.edu/exhibitions/infinityofnations/southwest.html

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

CIT-GLOBAL-NMAI-NATIVE-FOOD

Native Life and Food: Food Is More Than Just What We Eat

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/informational/native-life-food

Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

CIT-GLOBAL-SMITHSONIAN-AGRICULTURAL-ORIGINS

A model of agricultural origins

https://repository.si.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/35e053b8-578d-4fc7-84c7-e8fa9fca653c/content

Smithsonian Institution Research Information System

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