According to archaeological record, and certain generalizations derived from knowledge of previous cultures, small bands of men would attend to the larger wild animals because of the need for agility, strength, and sometimes the necessity to track for long periods of time, while women would complete more regular and steady work such as gathering small animals, seeds, fruits, roots, eggs, nuts and so on. Because there was no means during the time for the preservation of food stuffs, gathering was considered more consistent and stable than hunting (Bauer 2004, 13-14)
Changes in the relationship between men and women as a result of the agricultural revolution has been posited as a gradual process that primarily developed when private property developed; where men were in a better position to control the labor and control the labor of others (Engels 1942, 27). Others have asserted that because of the women's greater familiarity with plants, the transition capitalized on the skills women had and forced them to develop new skills in order to make planting, farming and harvesting more efficient (Childe 1942, 65)
However, it is important to note that most of the information regarding these cultural and societal relationships is derived from anthropologists who can only interpret information in retrospect. Changes in the relationship between men and women as a result of the agricultural revolution has been posited as a gradual process that primarily developed when private property developed; where men were in a better position to control the labor and control the labor of others (Engels 1942, 27)
Foraging for plants that were wild and hunting animals that were also wild is regarded as the most historic form of patterns for human subsistence (Foraging web). Because there are no written records of the transition Period between 8000 and 5,000 BC when many animals were first domesticated and plants were cultivated on a regular basis, we cannot be certain why and how some peoples adopted these new ways of producing food and other necessities of life (Guisepi web)
C. In his ancient Babylonian kingdom, Hammurabi devised a rigid class-structure that gave rise to the "series of practical laws to bring about justice (Blaise, J
C., Diodorus Siculus had stated that agriculture came from Osiris and Isis, who were the first gods to "make mankind give up cannibalism…because it seemed to their advantage to refrain from their butchery of one another" (Harlan, J
Regardless of when he started this movement of Zoroastrianism (for there is still dispute as to when this prophet was born to begin with), it had undoubtedly spread and influenced many of the religions of different cultures today. With an ancient background, it is no surprise that Zoroastrianism is one of the "oldest living religions in the world" (Stausberg, M