> But the fact that grains posed a security risk may have been a blessing in disguise. The economists believe that societies cultivating crops like wheat and barley may have experienced extra pressure to protect their harvests, galvanizing the creation of warrior classes and the development of complex hierarchies and taxation schemes.
Re:The curse of the potato
by eloff on Saturday April 30, 2016 @01:01PM
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Probably because the societies that developed hierarchies, taxation, and military conquered their neighbors and grew stronger and more influential in the ancient world.
> But the fact that grains posed a security risk may have been a blessing in disguise. The economists believe that societies cultivating crops like wheat and barley may have experienced extra pressure to protect their harvests, galvanizing the creation of warrior classes and the development of complex hierarchies and taxation schemes.
How is that a blessing? Sounds more like a curse.