Neolithic Revolution

• The Neolithic Revolution or First Agricultural Revolution

• The wide-scale transition from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of
agriculture and settlement.
• The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology
(10,200 BC and ending between 4500
and 2000 BC)
• These settled communities permitted humans to observe and experiment with
plants to learn how they grew and developed.
• This new knowledge led to the domestication of plants.
• small tribes composed of families.
• The domestication of large animals resulted in a dramatic increase in social
inequality.
• Headed by a charismatic leader of tribal groups.
• The growth of agriculture made permanent houses possible.
• Mud brick houses and stilt-houses settlements were also common.
• The clothing of the Neolithic humans were made of animal skins.
• Reliance upon the foods produced from cultivated lands.
• Encouraged the growth of settlements.
• Production of surplus crop yields