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The Neolithic Revolution leads to Complex Civilizations

What happens How one step leads to the next

River Valleys

Agriculture (Domestication of Plants and

Animals)

Surplus of food

Better Diet

Longer lifespan

More population

Division and Specialization of Labor

Complex civilization
Fertile soil creates a variety of plants, which attract
animals. Humans pick the best plants, their seeds get on
the ground, and next year, the plants are even better. The
animals stay for the good plants. This leads to

Because humans choose the best seeds to

plant and the calmest animals to breed
(cows, horses, chickens, pigs, goats,
camels), this leads to

Because planting and breeding makes more

food than hunting and gathering, which
leads to

Because people who eat more food have

more nutrition and energy, so they can do
more and stay healthier each day, which
leads to

Because stronger bodies live longer, which

leads to

Since people live longer, there are more

babies born and fewer deaths, which leads
to

Because with a bigger population, everyone

doesnt need to be a farmer, and we can
invent different jobs and roles in society,
which leads to

Because different jobs create, invent, and

build things that make life easier like
stronger houses, better clothes, medicine,
roads, irrigation, clocks, computers, etc.