When did agricultural advice first appear in Mesopotamia?
Around 1800 В.С
Q: What materials contained Mesopotamian agricultural advice?
A: Clay tablets.
What problems were addressed in Mesopotamian texts?
A: Watering crops and getting rid of rats.
What civilization used hieroglyphics to record farming practices?
A: The Egyptians
What danger did Egyptians warn against in their writings?
A: Crop damage and flooding from the Nile River.
Q: Name three other civilizations that had agricultural writings.
A: Greek, Phoenician, and Roman civilizations.
What was the general purpose of these early agricultural texts?
A: To guide farmers in avoiding losses and improving productivity
Why are these considered the distant origins of extension?
A: Because they represent the earliest form of transferring agricultural knowledge.