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 Form 2 History and Government online lessons on urbanization

Impact of agrarian development on urbanization in Africa.

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Impact of agrarian development on urbanization in Africa.
(a) The practice of agriculture forced people to adopt a sedentary lifestyle. Such settlement formed the basis of the earliest urban centres.
(b) Early agriculture led to specialization. The areas where the potters, iron smelters weavers and fishermen did their work grew up into urban centres.
(c) From the agrarian revolution, there was adequate food for town dwellers.


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