Cow paths or roads? Infrastructure for the new age!
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History’s earliest infrastructure projects were roads. Nomadic hunter-gatherer populations were builders, creating monuments of complexity like barrow mounds but creating and maintaining a system of roads would not have been worth the energy. Permanent infrastructure was less important than moving freely the herds. Roads became important after societies went through Agricultural Revolution. Settled communities built around farming needed clear, consistent routes for trading and traveling.
Cow paths or roads? Infrastructure for the new age!
Cow paths or roads? Infrastructure for the…
Cow paths or roads? Infrastructure for the new age!
History’s earliest infrastructure projects were roads. Nomadic hunter-gatherer populations were builders, creating monuments of complexity like barrow mounds but creating and maintaining a system of roads would not have been worth the energy. Permanent infrastructure was less important than moving freely the herds. Roads became important after societies went through Agricultural Revolution. Settled communities built around farming needed clear, consistent routes for trading and traveling.