H I S T O R Y

Along with cities and rulers, writing distinguished the earliest civilizations. Writing was a skill originally confined to an elite group of officials, priest, and scribes. Writing for him who knows it is better than all other professions, declared an ancient Egyptian text, composed by a writing teacher to be copied out by scribes in training. It pleases more than bread and beer, more than clothing and ointment. It is worth more than an inheritance in Egypt, more than a tomb In the west.

The rivalry between Cain and Abel reflects a human drama played out over thousands of years in the region that gave birth to the bible. The ancient Israelites lived in the Fertile Crescent, an arc extending from Egypt's Nile Valley to Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq. This region was not as dry in ancient times as it is today, and land unsuitable for farming could be used for grazing.

The transition from hunting and gathering to farming, which may have begun around 10,000 B.C. was a great step forward for the human race. Ultimately, it allowed the emergence of civilization. Like all profound changes, however, adapting to farming was difficult for those used to a different way of life. Farming was harder than hunting and gathering, particularly when people first began to work the soil and lacked metal tools or draft animals to ease their labors.

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