Neolithic Revolution

(noun)

Also called the Agricultural Revolution, this was the wide-scale transition of human cultures from being hunter-gatherers to being settled agriculturalists. 

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(noun)

The world's first historically verifiable advancement in agriculture. It took place around 12,000 years ago.

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Examples of Neolithic Revolution in the following topics:

  • The Neolithic Revolution

    • The Neolithic Revolution and invention of agriculture allowed humans to settle in groups, specialize, and develop civilizations.
    • That change was the Neolithic Revolution.
    • The beginning of the Neolithic Revolution in different regions has been dated from perhaps 8,000 BCE in the Kuk Early Agricultural Site of Melanesia Kuk to 2,500 BCE in Subsaharan Africa, with some considering the developments of 9,000-7,000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent to be the most important.
    • Neolithic populations generally had poorer nutrition, shorter life expectancies, and a more labor-intensive lifestyle than hunter-gatherers.
    • The way we live today is directly related to the advances made in the Neolithic Revolution.

  • River Valley Civilizations

    • These early civilizations began to form around the time of the Neolithic Revolution (12000 BCE).
    • Popular revolution in such a state was very difficult; a dynasty might die out or be overthrown by force, but the new regime would differ very little from the old one.

  • The Spread of Revolution

  • Japan's Industrial Revolution

  • The October Revolution

  • Egypt's First Revolution

  • The Iranian Revolution

  • The Cultural Revolution

  • The Green Revolution

  • The Mexican Revolution