Paper 1 · Africa and Decolonisation
Agriculture in the Early Iron Age changed the way people lived because...
Acommunities gave up cattle keeping and lived by hunting
Biron ploughs drawn by oxen replaced the hoe
Cfood could be stored, so villages stayed in one place
Diron tools were traded to Europe in exchange for cattle
Explanation: Grain that can be stored in pots and granaries carries a community through the dry months, so settlements no longer had to move with the game and the seasons. Permanent villages allowed larger populations, craft specialists such as smiths and potters, and the beginnings of chiefly authority.
Derived from ZIMSEC History Paper 1, Nov 2025, Q3