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From Gathering to Growing Food

Subject: History

Book: NCERT History Class 6

Transition from hunting-gathering to farming.
- **Domestication of Plants and Animals**:
- Beginning of agriculture.
- **Permanent Settlements**:
- Early villages and houses.
- **Development of Pottery**:
- Used for storage and cooking.
- **Mehrgarh and Other Early Villages**:
- Early farming communities.

**Possible Exam Questions:**
1. How did early humans start farming?
2. What is domestication? Give examples of domesticated animals.
3. Why did early farmers settle in villages?
4. What is the significance of Mehrgarh in early farming?
5. How did pottery help early humans?

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