Context: The domestication of large animals (c. 8000 BC) resulted in a dramatic increase in social inequality in most of the areas where it occurred; New Guinea being a notable exception. Possession of livestock allowed competition between households and resulted in inherited inequalities of wealth. Neolithic pastoralists who controlled large herds gradually acquired more livestock, and this made economic inequalities more pronounced. However, evidence of social inequality is still disputed, as settlements such as Catal Huyuk reveal a striking lack of difference in the size of homes and burial sites, suggesting a more egalitarian society with no evidence of the concept of capital, although some homes do appear slightly larger or more elaborately decorated than others.

Question: What caused a major increase in social inequality?
Answer: domestication of large animals

Question: What started competition between families for wealth?
Answer: Possession of livestock

Question: Who was in possession of large herds that would produce more livestock?
Answer: Neolithic pastoralists

Question: What settlement featured equal sized homes with little evidence of capital?
Answer: Catal Huyuk

Question: What caused a major increase in homes?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What started competition between the Catal Huyuk for wealth?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who was in possession of large herds that would produce more wealth?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What settlement featured equal sized homes with little evidence of animals?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What resulted in inequalities of homes?
Answer: Unanswerable