Title: What Are Farm Settlements? | Gone Outdoors | Your Adventure Awaits
Headings: What Are Farm Settlements?
What Are Farm Settlements?
Characteristics
Origins
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Updated March 04, 2019
People around the world have established and lived in farm settlements for thousands of years. Farm settlements, where groups of people have lived and thrived, existed even before great civilizations like Ancient Egypt came into being. Characteristics
Farm settlements tend to be created as a stable place to live, grow crops and possibly raise animals. However, in some locations and time periods, farm settlements moved from area to area as the soil lost fertility. Groups of different families usually founded farm settlements, creating a village once the crops were established. Origins
Farm settlements began to appear during the New Stone Age, specifically between 8,000 and 7,000 B.C., as people began to cultivate plants. People would grow different crops, domesticate different animals and create a variety of tools and objects for their own families and for trading.