Neolithic Revolution

Environmental factors greatly affected the development of complex societies during the Foundation Period. In early ancient history, specifically Paleolithic society, hunter gatherer peoples relied solely on their environment for food. Although as people began to realize the extent of their environment, they slowly shifted towards agriculture as people began to settle into communities. Agriculture created a massive change regarding social order and culture. Patriarchy, stratification, and…

Neolithic Age The Neolithic Age is the greatest age known to man without a doubt. About 10,000 BCE some human communities began to move in a new direction. The Neolithic Age, which means New Stone Age, began when humans made the breakthrough to more complex forms of social organization. This civilization took place near surviving bodies of water. This prompted settlements and the improvement of community. The Neolithic revolution started when individuals found agriculture and The Rivers are…

It is impossible to overestimate the importance of changes brought by the shift from Paleolithic to Neolithic era. The changes influenced not only the economic sector through the conversion from hunting prey and gathering food to farming plants and domesticating animals. It affected almost all of the spheres of human life including social organization and culture. The changes introduced were due to the economic factor that changing people’s core activities largely influenced their worldview,…

cultures. In the era of the Neolithic Revolution, food also became an investment as many withdrew from their nomadic days of hunting and gathering, in favor of agriculture. As time proceeded, food had found its way for many other uses that would benefit some, but prove detrimental to others. In “An Edible History of Humanity”, the exploitation of food led to new warfare strategies, food-based governmental regimes, and an expansion in scientific research under the Green Revolution. As food was…

females. The start of patriarchy is seem to have begun between the Mesolithic Era and Neolithic Era and has developed further on causing great inequality and suffering to women. Many factors has led to this great division in sex, but the two main causes was the separation of role and labor in society and images of male as more aggressive and powerful through religion which were both caused by the Neolithic revolution. As a result, sexual inequality further developed and influenced the beliefs of…

The parting of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages shows a significant split in the lives and principles of prehistoric people. Many aspects of the normal, routine life were improved in order to satisfy a progressive standard of living. The Agricultural Revolution greatly impacted numerous aspects including the economy, culture, and technology. Overall, regardless of their variances and drawbacks, the Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages led to new technologies which ultimately permitted the formation…

Agricultural Revolution is also the term for New Stone Age and they are huge contributors of why civilizations have strived. The globalization of agriculture lasted ten thousand years or more. Civilizations were developed with the help of agriculture, without agriculture civilizations would not have strived and the human race would not be where it is today. Due to agriculture revolution in 10,000 BC, civilizations began in the Neolithic Period. The Neolithic Period was the era where the…

The Stone Age What is the Stone Age? The stone age was named Stone Age because the people in this time period used stone tools. It has two very like and very different time periods. They are called the Neolithic (new), and Paleolithic (old) eras. They have very diverse rituals and ways of life. Things like the way they access food, the homes they live in, the tools people used, and what they spent their time doing. Paleolithic Era The Paleolithic Era--A.K.A. Old Stone Age--was the first…

of farming was diverse- it affected our physical development, gender socialisation, population size and class systems. This early farming resulted in the extended kinship networks and economic trade systems that existed as late as the industrial revolution. It affected our culture and changed our drives making us territorial and materialistic, but it also created the hierarchical systems that allowed cooperation within our species beyond that normal in the anima kingdom. It was this cooperation…

stable way of life developed saving seeds to replant, herding and caring for animals, and the creation of new tools left behind as historical artifacts to mark the arrival of the Neolithic Age. With people not having to relocate to follow the animal herds and having a bank of self-sufficient crops, people of the Neolithic Age continued developing new ways to improve their…