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Granaries & Grain Storage
Early farmers at Dhra' in Jordan build raised stores for grain, the oldest known granaries, about 9300 BC.
Open in the interactive tree →Storing a harvest turns a seasonal crop into a year-round food supply and a surplus. Grain stores are linked to the rise of trade, record-keeping and early states.
Prerequisites
- Farming (Neolithic Revolution)~9500 BC
Unlocks
- Trade & Division of Labor~7000 BCStored grain surplus freed people from farming
- State & Administration~3000 BCEarly states administered grain stores and rations
Sources
More in Agriculture & Food · Prehistory
- Farming (Neolithic Revolution)~9500 BC
- Animal domestication~9000 BC
- Fermented food and drink~7000 BC
- Irrigation~6000 BC
- The plough~3500 BC