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  2. Sedentism - Wikipedia

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    Sedentism increased contacts and trade, and the first Middle East cereals and cattle in Europe could have spread through a stepping stone process, where the productive gifts (cereals, cattle, sheep and goats) were exchanged through a network of large pre-agricultural sedentary sites, rather than a wave of advance spread of people with ...

  3. Sedentary lifestyle - Wikipedia

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    Sedentary lifestyle is a lifestyle type, in which one is physically inactive and does little or no physical movement and/or exercise. [1] A person living a sedentary lifestyle is often sitting or lying down while engaged in an activity like socializing , watching TV , playing video games , reading or using a mobile phone or computer for much of ...

  4. Nomadic empire - Wikipedia

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    Some nomadic empires consolidated by establishing a capital city inside a conquered sedentary state and then exploiting the existing bureaucrats and commercial resources of that non-nomadic society. In such a scenario, the originally nomadic dynasty may become culturally assimilated to the culture of the occupied nation before it is ultimately ...

  5. Jurchen people - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the Mongols, [99] [100] the Jurchens were a sedentary [16] [101] and agrarian society. They farmed grain and millet as their primary cereal crops, grew flax and raised oxen, pigs, sheep, and horses. [102] "At the most", the Jurchen could only be described as "semi-nomadic" while the majority of them were sedentary. [34]

  6. Pastoralism - Wikipedia

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    A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development [1]. Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. [2]

  7. Against the Grain: A Deep History of the Earliest States

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    Scott describes the gradual process by which early humans transformed their environment. He begins by recounting the impact of mankind's use of fire, calling it "a species monopoly and a trump card" and detailing its desirability for its capacity to reduce the radius of a meal by concentrating foodstuffs in a smaller area around human encampments.

  8. History of the Americas - Wikipedia

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    The role of seafood in the Norte Chico diet has been a subject of scholarly debate. In 1973, examining the Aspero region of Norte Chico, Michael E. Moseley contended that a maritime subsistence (seafood) economy had been the basis of society and its early flourishing. This theory, later termed "maritime foundation of Andean Civilization" was at ...

  9. Talk:Sedentary lifestyle - Wikipedia

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    In summary, your discussion of the workplace can be reduced to its own section with 2-3 sentences, but needs stronger references, if they exist. Current Cochrane review, ref 22, covers this, although itself, is not a strong analysis. PMID 28351367 is more on-topic for lifestyle. --Zefr 16:09, 27 October 2017 (UTC) Agreed.

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