What major developments, both natural and human initiated have shaped this relationship?

Discuss the relationship between human and the environment in the pre-modern era(pre1500). What major developments, both natural and human initiated have shaped this relationship?(huntergathers to cities with population agriculture growth,ex. clearing land,domestication of animals,irrigation along the nile, Easter isalnd) How does these ralationships differ and/or resemble current ways in which humans interact with the natural world.(ex.pop. growth,climate changes,pollution,natural disasters,ecosysyem disruption)