The Neolithic Revolution, was also very well known as the agricultural Revolution and it changed our way of life. This Revolution took place around 8,000 years ago in the Middle East and China. These people made many technological innovations such as clay pots, the plow, the wheel and much more. In the paleolithic period, people were food gatherers, but in the Neolithic Era, people were food producing because of the success in the agricultural department. Since the farmers produced a surplus, it allowed them to do other jobs, allowed the growth of cities and villages, and helped the first civilizations develop. Overall, agriculture was the best thing about the Neolithic Revolution, but many other things caused this Era to be widely successful.
Agriculture was very important for the people in the Neolithic Revolution and they thrived in agriculture. It first started in the east of the Mediterranean Sea and it spread around the world. The farmers grew many
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Because of the surplus, some workers took on other tasks such as becoming artisans, merchants, soldiers, religious leaders, or politicians. The surplus also lead to lead to the invention of a writing system. People used writing to keep records about trades and to communicate with each other. The surplus also helped to keep the population growing and to creating the first cities such as Jericho and Catal Huyuk. The overproducing of food lead to a creation of governmental instituitions and it was creating by the leaders of towns and farming communities. Jay stock was a biologist and he said “Without the surplus of food you get through farming, we couldn't have the runaway technological innovation we see today”. This surplus was very important to the people of the Neolithic Revolution because it helped to create and build many new things and it was important to us because our society wouldn't be as advanced as we are today if it weren't for the