Neolithic Revolution

The start of the Neolithic ages was around 11,00 BCE when it reflected on the evidence of developments that brought by climate change, which led to the development of food production. Since the development of food production this led to settlements which cause trading to happen both locally and over long distances. Hunters and gathers villages faced crisis when the Fertile Crescent region became drier and cooler, there was a decline in the availability of food production which was them to move from one place to another which led the agriculture and permanent settlement (Harmon pg.10-11). In Windspear he talks about how the civilization developed first in the great river valleys the Ganges, Tigris, Euphrates and the Nile in the need of water for cultivation during the warmer weather ( Winspear pg.14). Since the weather was warmer and since the land was by the …show more content…
Towns like Catalhoyuk and Jericho impacted the stored agricultural surpluses that has on human which led to them have different opinions about the amount of wealth individuals could stockpile for themselves and their heirs. The dependence on agriculture made it more difficult for individuals to split off from the community when disputes and inequities arose. This resulted in a more stratified society, with more opportunity for a few powerful people to become dominant. The new reliance on agriculture also meant a new dependence on the land, the season and the weather which produced a priestly caste (Vole 7 Symes pg. 7). This lend to the importance of social organizations, that means the people who took place in the agricultural production were part of a communal society in the tribal mode of production (winspear pg.14). The neolithic was the turning point in history, while it was important because at this time people started farming, new technologies were being invented and people started coming