<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishWakati wa enzi ya mawe, wakulima hao wa mapema walianzisha njia za kutengeneza shoka na vifaa vingine kutoka kwa miamba ngumu zaidi katika eneo hilo, na kadiri wakati ulivyopita, makazi ya kudumu yalianza kuanzishwa katika eneo hili la maji.  <response>: During the Stone Age, these early farmers devised ways to make axes and other tools from the harder rocks in the area, and as time passed, permanent settlements began to be established in this sheltered backwater. 