Clearly there are many advantages and disadvantages tof the transition to agriculture for state societies. The advantages of agriculture could be an efficient way to get more food for less work, it gives more free time than hunter-gatherers had, and it’s also help to saves time to pick food from one's own field, rather than to find it in the wild. Some other advantages include a large surplus to support urbanism. and aAgriculture makes states societies possible. The disadvantages could be lack of flexibility to the farmer because they often have to take care of crops often. Environmental pollution is another drawbacks, which is caused by using fertilizers to grow crops. It destroys the fertility of the land, and organic agriculture costs a lot to farm. In addition, greater stratification, greater need of land, and loss of biodiversity are a few other disadvantages to mention.

Agriculture states differ from chiefdoms in many ways. ItThey rely on agriculture, but not ion horticulture, pastoralism, or hunting and gathering. They have complex writing and notational systems that they use to keep record,s and to create propaganda. In addition, there are many people who have similar occupations that do not require food production.

There are many consequences of the transition to agriculture, it have both negative and positive consequences. Positive consequences include a large surplus that can support urbanism and a larger population and urbanism. Surplus foods can support non-food-producing specialists such as teachers, soldiers, priests and artists. Negative consequences include zoonoses that can become epidemics in urban areas., Ggreater likelihood of chronic illness due to malnutrition, and loss of biodiversity.