One of the Most Striking Facts of World Prehistory Is

question 31

Multiple Choice

One of the most striking facts of world prehistory is that the transition to food cultivation from hunting and gathering

• A)spread to the entire world from the fertile crescent of the Middle East
• B)occurred well before the end of the Ice Age
• C)did not cause any sort of restructuring of the organization of human society
• D)was recorded by the chroniclers of the Middle Ages
• E)occurred independently in several different areas of the world

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