Neolithic+Revolultion

The Neolithic Revolution

The Neolithic Revolution is the devlopement of agricultural socities. It occured in three seperate areas independently the Black Sea, Southeast Asia, and Centeral America. It is possible that it occcured in Sub Sahara Africa and Northern China. The Neolithic Revolution occured very slow because of limited contacts betweeen people, not all places are suitable for agriculture, some places had alternate systems, and some people did not want to settle down to farm. The Neolithic Revolution made huge changes to the way the society was. As a society adopted agriculture it became patriarical. Agriculture also allowed for a higher birth rate and children began work at a very young age. There are some major advantages and disadvantages of the Neolithic revolution. The disadvantages include inequality between genders, epedimics spread faster, and people began to damage the envirnoment. The advantages includ the increase in food supplies which allows a larger population, surpluses allowed a manufacturing class to emerge, allowed for the emergence of cities, and many advances in technology.



Source http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth1602/pcdiet.html

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Created By: Danielle Fishman on September 1, 2008