Approximately 12,000 years ago, people began to domesticate grain in what we now call the Middle East. This involved a process that slowly spread around the world over the next 6,000 to 7,000 years. In 1984, 8 percent of U.S. households had a computer, but that number was above 70 percent in 2008. How do these two things relate to social change?

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Both the domestication of grain and the increase in computer ownership are examples of social change, but they occurred at different rates. The process of grain domestication took thousands of years to spread globally, while the increase in computer ownership happened much more rapidly, over the course of a few decades.

Approximately 12,000 Years Ago, People Began to Domesticate Grain in What