Important Events In Agriculture
Here is the list of important events in ancient history of agriculture, some of the people searches to know about important events in agriculture as in ancient history of agriculture.
IMPORTANT EVENTS IN ANCIENT HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE
| TIME | EVENT |
|---|---|
| 70 million | Earliest Primates, prosimians developed in trees |
| 40 million | Evolution of monkey and apes |
| 1.5 million | First true man ( Homo erectus ) emerged in Indonesia and Africa |
| 1 million | Homo erectus migrated through old world tropics |
| 0.8 million | Homo erectus ppulated temperate regions |
| 0.5 million | Homo erectus ppulated temperate regions |
| 0.4 million | Man-made shelters out of tree branches |
| 32000 | Cro-Magnon man Homo sapiens sapiens emerged in Europe |
| 10,000 B.C. | Domestication of dog for Hunting in Iran & Israel |
| 8700 B.C. | Domestication of sheep |
| 7700 B.C. | Domestication of goat |
| 7500 B.C. | Cultivation of crops wheat & barley |
| 6000 B.C. | Domestication of cattel & pigs |
| 4400 B.C. | Cultivation of maize |
| 3500 B.C. | Cultivation of potato |
| 3400 B.C. | Wheel was invented |
| 3000 B.C. | Bronze was used to make tools |
| 2900 B.C. | Plough was invented Irrigated farming was started |
| 2700 B.C. | Silk moth Domestication in China |
| 2300 B.C. | Cultivation of Chick Pea Pear Sarson & Cotton |
| 2200 B.C. | Domestrication of Fowl Buffalo & Elephant |
| 1800 B.C. | Cultivation of finger millet ( Ragi ) |
| 1725 B.C. | Cultivation of Shorghum |
| 1700 B.C. | Taming of Horses |
| 1500 B.C. | Cultivation of Sugarcane & Irrigation from Wells |
| 1400 B.C. | Use of iron in Middle East |
| 1000 - 600 B.C. | Aryan migration wave Age of iron Iron plough share Axe invented Crops cultivation in punjab, uttar pradesh & bihar |
| 543 - 491 B.C. | Reference to farmin operaion in Kullavagga and Mahavagga and Budhist literture in pali |
| 500 A.D. | Classification of plants and Animals in Brahat Samhita of Varahamihira |
| 760 - 800 A.D. | Persian wheel used ARAGHATTA ( INDIA ) |
| 900 - 1000 A.D. | Construction ofnicuts and tanks, Krishi Parashara & Vrikshayurveda, manuals on agriculture an botany written a text book on agriculture prepared by kasyapa by the name krishi sukti |
| 15 Century A.D. | Cultivation of sweet orange, sour orange, wild brinjal pomegrande |
| 16 Century A.D. | Introduction of several crops into India by Portuguese.they are potato, sweet potato, arrow potato, cassava, tomato, chilies, pumpkin, papaya, pineapple, guava, custard-apple, groundnut, cashew nuts, tobacco, American cotton, rubber |
| 1550 A.D. | Portuguese introduced grafting technique in horticulture |
| 1795 A.D. | Flora India published Lieutenant William Frazer started study farm at PUSA Bihar to breed horses |
| 1820 A.D. | G.L. Blane constructed Western Jamuna Canal |
| 1824 A.D. | Journal of Agriculture and Horticulture published |
| 1845 A.D. | Iris Famine due to disease ( late blighty of potto ) |
| 1865 A.D. | Famine in bengal and orissa ( 15 lakh people died ) |
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