The Byproduct Of The Neolithic Revolution

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The Neolithic revolution, although not the beginning of a stream of religious ideas an texts, cultivated a period which formed the basis of culture and the expansion of a Religious ideologies and scriptures. The idea of Megalithism was included during this period, which sought civilization in creating large scale projects such as tombs, temples, and observatories. Examples include the pyramids of Egypt or Stonehedge in Britain. These projects were thought of as memorials of ancestors or initiatory feasts. Agriculture was expanded and fully fleshed out, benefiting traders, farmers, rulers, priests, and artisans. Due to the various requirements for fully supporting an agricultural system, forms of writing emerged, and ancient empires were created. With this new writing system, the first scriptures were written, and several tribes emerged from this new advancement. In this new age, the lines between men and women were fully defined, with everyone having their assigned position and roles, changing from the structures of the past where the relationships between men and women were roughly equal, into one that put women into a position of mother and wife, and limited these women to be under …show more content…

The practice of such religion did not include literate individuals, for they could not read nor write. It was isolated to small tribes and clans, and was practiced by hunting and gathering, or living as nomads. The hunters celebrated their culture through hunts and stories of the Gods who led people into abundant filled forest and meadows with food and shelter. For gatherers, they would celebrate with festivals for harvest and seedtime. The mythology and art of the cultures is what made everything possible, “creating a universe where human life is only complete in its total