Neolithic Revolution

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Neolithic Revolution
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Why?

• Around 3,000 BCE, cities began to pop up.
• These cities could NOT have come about without
  agriculture.

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Discuss

• Before agriculture, what method did humans use to
  get food?
• What were this methods limitations?

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Neolithic Revolution

• From 8,000 to 4,000 BCE, the Neolithic Revolution
  occurred.
• This means that agriculture and domestication of
  animals became the main source of food.
• Growing of crops and use of animals for meat,
  milk and wool

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Agriculture

• Farming spread from Southwest Asia to Southeast
  Europe, and then to the rest of Europe.
• Wheat and barley were grown first in Egypt,
  bananas and yams in Africa, rice in Asia, and
  corn in the Americas.

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Neolithic Revolution

• Agriculture lead to a surplus of food and allowed
  people to stay in one place. This caused cities.
• Catal Huyuk in Turkey
• Jericho in Palestine
• Having extra food led to people having spare
  time. This caused them to become artisan
  (skilled workers)

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Think-Pair-Share

• Artisans made goods that were of value and this
  caused trade.
• What kinds of things do you think artisans made
  at this time?

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Effects of Neolithic Revolution

• Once people were sedentary, they needed homes.
  So they built homes.
• Stone tools went from rough blades, to better
  tools like axes and hoes.
• Men took more power in farming and herding, and
  women began to have more domestic jobs.

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End of Neolithic Age

• People began to use metal to create tools. This
  marks the end of the Neolithic Age.
• Civilizations came into existence (big cities)
• More people means growth of government (usually a
  monarchy).