Animal-Drawn Plows
Harnessing draft animals to pull plows, expanding the area and depth of fields that households could cultivate.
Core metadata
- ID: animal_drawn_plows
- Era: Ancient
- First known date: -3000 (millennium)
- Region: Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
Dependents
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Plow (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2026, textbook) • Supports: edge, node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 3
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 3
- expert_inference: 3
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plow (plow) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Plow provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Early Animal Domestication (animal_domestication) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Animal Domestication provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Animal Husbandry (animal_husbandry) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Animal Husbandry provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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