How did learning to produce food lead early civilizations develop villages?

The ability to produce their food through agriculture provided them with a reliable source of sustenance without requiring extensive seasonal hunting and gathering expeditions. Agriculture was also dependent on settled living, giving rise to the establishment of semi-permanent and eventually permanent dwellings and settlements of the first civilizations began to build houses, villages, and cities and established more organized systems of living. Agricultural development led to increases in the availability of food, enabling a larger size of the settlement. Surplus production in settled settings supported craft specialization by providing the community with extra food which allowed certain individuals.