AGRICULTURE AND CIVILIZATION

Agriculture and Civilization

History was made by civilizations in climate zones where agriculture was possible marginal

Topic: History was made by civilizations in climate zones where agriculture was possible (e.g., Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, the Indo-Gangetic Plain, the Yellow and Yangtze River Valleys, etc.); marginal peoples from north or south of this zone contributed nothing to human history.

500 words.

Defend or Refute essay.

Writing the introduction, Start with a background statement. This will set the stage.

Body Paragraph #1:

You have a set of facts. In this case, . So, start with a simple topic sentence that reflects the category you’ve given to the bucket. And then you write down your facts. Note how all the facts you have support that topic sentence; and the topic sentence serves to prove your thesis statement.

Body Paragraph #2:

You are showing how nuanced your understanding of the issue is, so start your second paragraph with a topic sentence that contradicts or elaborates on Body Paragraph #1.

Writing the Conclusion

Your conclusion need not be elaborate. In this case, however, I would go back to the original prompt , and emphasize the ambiguity of your answer. The initial statement is neither absolutely true nor absolutely false, and your essay explains why.

Final Thought:

Every essay you will ever write, no matter what the prompt, can be reduced to a “defend or refute the following statement” format. Sometimes, you have to come up with the statement to defend or refute; but you are always arguing a position when you write an essay. The very best essays are the ones that argue a clear position by demonstrating not only why that position is correct, but why alternative perspectives are incorrect.

BOOK: Ways of the World A Brief Global History with Sources

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Civilization had a large in the influencing of agriculture development in nearly all aspects starting with machinery, methods of farming, methods of harvesting and also the different ways in which this information was invented and shared with other (Tanno & Maeda, 2017)…
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