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When we were a primitive species, the scarcest resources were food, water, and shelter. Homo Sapiens used to live nomadic lifestyles, roaming from one place to another, led by the availability of harvestable food sources or wandering animals. Roving tribes occasionally crossed paths hunting or gathering for the same food and water supply, and conflict was not uncommon.
Your status was tied to your strength and survival ability. Who could gather the needed fruits? Who could literally bring home the wild bacon? Who could wrestle the biggest rival to the ground and gouge his eyeballs out with a blunt femur bone?
Fast forward a few thousand years. We evolved. We began to domesticate plants like wheat or corn or whatever else that we started to farm. We discovered animal husbandry, and started raising livestock. Suddenly we were tied down to the land and the era of wandering came to a close. A stable food supply led to greater populations and increased prosperity for the human race. We stayed put, built homes, raised castles, and maintained farms. For people, land became the scarcest resource.
