Neolithic Revolution

English Alternative forms en Neolithic revolution Proper noun Neolithic Revolution 1 en archaeology the discovery of agriculture en Jackson J[oseph] Spielvogel [The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations] The First Humans Western Civilization 3rd !I (To 1715) Saint Paul, Minn. West Publishing Company 1997 5 https://archive.org/details/westerncivilizat01jack/page/5/mode/1up 1 0-314-20533-0 The end of the last ice age around 10,000 b.c. was followed by what is called the Neolithic Revolution; that is, the revolution that occurred in the New Stone Age (the word Neolithic is Greek for “New Stone.”) en 2004 Monty Armstrong; David Daniel; Abby Kanarek Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2004-2005 The Princeton Review 328 The Neolithic Revolution (about 8000-3000 B.C.E.) was characterized by people moving from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles. 2005, Peter S. Bellwood, The First Farmers: the origins of agricultural societies, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65: For most people, the concept of the Neolithic Revolution refers to the actual origin of agriculture with domesticated plants, this occurring in Southwest Asia in the late PPNA or early PPNB at around 9000-8500 BC. 2010, I. Peter Martini, Landscapes and Societies: Selected Cases, Springer, page 25: The Neolithic Revolution brought about the greatest material transformation in human history. Related terms en Upper Paleolithic Revolution Translations discovery of agriculture Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新石器革命 xīnshíqì gémìng Finnish: fi neoliittinen vallankumous Portuguese: pt revolução do neolítico f