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    The document discusses the Neolithic Revolution and the invention of farming. Farming allowed for surplus food production, which led to civilization, population growth, and new social structures. Key events included the domestication of plants and animals starting around 10,000 BC. Grains like barley, rice, corn, and potatoes and animals like cattle, sheep, and goats were domesticated. By 500 BC, agriculture had spread worldwide and led to empires ruling over tens of thousands. The switch to farming brought both advantages like stable food sources but also increased disease.

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    NEOLITHIC

    REVOLUTION
    The Most Important Invention of History
    WORDS OF WISDOM

    “FARMING LOOKS MIGHT EASY


    WHEN YOUR PLOW IS A
    PENCIL, AND YOU’RE A
    THOUSAND MILES FROM THE
    CORN FIELD.”
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    WHY IS INVENTION OF FARMING IMPORTANT?
    Civilization
    Surplus Food
    Advances

     No Farming
     No Surplus Food
    Labor  No Civilization
    Stable Food
    Specialization

    Increase
    Population
    10,000 BC START OF DOMESTICATION

    12
    14
    200
    Domesticate
    Women d
    Men 120
    Domesticate
    d
    1,500? Plants
    Edible by humans
    Species

    7.5 Million Animal


    200,000 Plant Species Species
    9000 BC 6500 BC
    Grain Rice
    Barley
    3500 BC
    Corn/Potat 9000 BC
    o Sorghum
    4000 BC
    Horse
    8000
    BC
    Sheep/
    8000 BC
    Goat
    OX/Cattle
    INCREASED POPULATION NEW SOCIAL STRUCTURES FORMED

    Population
    120  Band/Families (Dozens)
    M 100  Tribes (Hundreds)
    i
    l 80  Village/City (Thousands)
    l  Catal Huyuk 5000 BC
    60
    i (Turkey)
    o 40
    n
     City-States (Tens
    20 Thousands)
    s
    0  Empire (Multiple City-
    10,000 BC 500 BC
    States)

    EFFECTS OF NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION


    WHAT ARE THE
    ADVANTAGES &
    DISADVANTAGES OF
    AGRICULTURE?

    WHAT ARE THE


    ADVANTAGES &
    DISADVANTAGES OF
    HUNTER/GATHERS?
    EFFECTS OF NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION?

     5000 BC Agriculture Was Worldwide


     Agriculture Was Dispersed Unequally

     Agriculture Went East to West

     Disease Increased

     Farmers Slowly Displaced Hunter Gatherers

     Specialization of Labor

     Family Life/Social Structures Change


    NEOLITHIC
    REVOLUTION
    The Most Important Invention of History

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