Neolithic Revolution

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agricultural revolution major transition in human history prehistoric event

The Neolithic Revolution was the prehistoric transition during which human societies shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to settled agriculture, leading to the rise of villages, population growth, and the foundations of complex civilizations.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Agricultural Revolution 1
First Agricultural Revolution 1
Neolithic period 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf agricultural revolution ⓘ
major transition in human history ⓘ
prehistoric event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Agricultural Revolution

Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
surface form: First Agricultural Revolution
alsoOccurredIndependentlyInRegion Andes ⓘ
China ⓘ
Mesoamerica ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
characterizedBy development of ground stone tools ⓘ
development of permanent settlements ⓘ
development of pottery ⓘ
development of weaving ⓘ
domestication of animals ⓘ
domestication of plants ⓘ
emergence of complex societies ⓘ
food surplus production ⓘ
increased social stratification ⓘ
population growth ⓘ
rise of villages ⓘ
transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture ⓘ
firstOccurredInRegion Fertile Crescent ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Southwest Asia
hasKeySite Abu Hureyra ⓘ
Jarmo ⓘ
Jericho ⓘ
Çatalhöyük ⓘ
involvedDomesticatedAnimal cattle ⓘ
dogs ⓘ
goats ⓘ
pigs ⓘ
sheep ⓘ
involvedDomesticatedPlant barley ⓘ
lentils ⓘ
maize ⓘ
peas ⓘ
rice ⓘ
wheat ⓘ
ledTo changes in gender roles ⓘ
deforestation in some regions ⓘ
development of cities ⓘ
development of states ⓘ
foundations of civilization ⓘ
increased disease burden ⓘ
intensive land use ⓘ
more complex social hierarchies ⓘ
private property concepts ⓘ
specialization of labor ⓘ
trade networks expansion ⓘ
occurredInPeriod Neolithic ⓘ
proposedBy Vere Gordon Childe ⓘ
startedApproximateDate circa 10000 BCE ⓘ
circa 12,000 years ago ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
history ⓘ
termCoinedBy Vere Gordon Childe ⓘ
termCoinedInYear 1936 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neolithic Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agricultural Revolution
Holocene → containsEvent → Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
Byblos → timeDepth → Neolithic Revolution ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neolithic period