Neolithic Revolution
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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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neolithic Revolution canonical | 2 |
| Agricultural Revolution | 1 |
| First Agricultural Revolution | 1 |
| Neolithic period | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742179 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neolithic Revolution Context triple: [Holocene, containsEvent, Neolithic Revolution]
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A.
Agricultural Revolution in Britain
The Agricultural Revolution in Britain was a period of major changes in farming techniques, land use, and rural society that dramatically increased agricultural productivity and supported rapid population and industrial growth.
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B.
Stone Age
The Stone Age is the earliest known period of human prehistory, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools before the advent of metalworking.
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C.
Paleo-Indian period
The Paleo-Indian period is the earliest known phase of human habitation in the Americas, characterized by nomadic hunter-gatherer groups who used distinctive stone tools to hunt now-extinct megafauna.
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D.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was an ancient era characterized by the widespread use of bronze tools and weapons, early urbanization, and the emergence of complex societies across regions including the Near East, where the Hebrews lived.
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E.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period from the late 18th to 19th centuries marked by the shift from agrarian, handcraft economies to industrial, machine-based manufacturing and rapid technological, social, and economic change.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Neolithic Revolution Target entity description: 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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A.
Agricultural Revolution in Britain
The Agricultural Revolution in Britain was a period of major changes in farming techniques, land use, and rural society that dramatically increased agricultural productivity and supported rapid population and industrial growth.
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B.
Stone Age
The Stone Age is the earliest known period of human prehistory, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools before the advent of metalworking.
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C.
Paleo-Indian period
The Paleo-Indian period is the earliest known phase of human habitation in the Americas, characterized by nomadic hunter-gatherer groups who used distinctive stone tools to hunt now-extinct megafauna.
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D.
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was an ancient era characterized by the widespread use of bronze tools and weapons, early urbanization, and the emergence of complex societies across regions including the Near East, where the Hebrews lived.
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E.
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was a transformative period from the late 18th to 19th centuries marked by the shift from agrarian, handcraft economies to industrial, machine-based manufacturing and rapid technological, social, and economic change.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| 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
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| alsoOccurredIndependentlyInRegion |
Andes
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China ⓘ Mesoamerica ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
development of ground stone tools
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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
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Jarmo ⓘ Jericho ⓘ Çatalhöyük ⓘ |
| involvedDomesticatedAnimal |
cattle
ⓘ
dogs ⓘ goats ⓘ pigs ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| involvedDomesticatedPlant |
barley
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lentils ⓘ maize ⓘ peas ⓘ rice ⓘ wheat ⓘ |
| ledTo |
changes in gender roles
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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
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circa 12,000 years ago ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
anthropology
ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ history ⓘ |
| termCoinedBy | Vere Gordon Childe ⓘ |
| termCoinedInYear | 1936 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Neolithic Revolution Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
First Agricultural Revolution
this entity surface form:
Agricultural Revolution