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	Neolithic Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Neolithic Revolution was the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, as first adopted by various independent prehistoric human societies.
		Hodder believes that the Neolithic revolution was the result of a revolutionary change in the human psychology, a "revolution of symbols" which led to new beliefs about the world and shared community rituals embodied in corpulent female figurines and the methodical assembly of aurochs horns.
		Due in part to their head start in the Neolithic Revolution, the Europeans were able to use their technology and endemic diseases, to which indigenous populations had never been exposed, to colonize most of the globe.
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	Neolithic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term "Neolithic" thus does not refer to a specific chronological period, but rather to a suite of behavioural and cultural characteristics including the use of (both wild and domestic) crops and the use of domesticated animals.
		Early Neolithic farming is limited to a narrow range of crops (both wild and domestic) and the keeping of sheep and goats, but by about 7000 BC it included the domestication of cows and pigs, the establishment of permanently or semi-permanently inhabited settlements and the use of pottery.
		These structures (and their later Neolithic equivalents such as causewayed enclosures, burial mounds, and henges) required considerable time and labour to construct, which suggests that some influential individuals were able to organise and direct human labour.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Neolithic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Neolithic (or "New" Stone Age) was a period in the development of human technology that is traditionally the last part of the Stone Age.
		Early Neolithic farming is limited to a narrow range of crops (both wild and domestic) and the keeping of sheep and goats, but by about 7000 BCE it included the domestication of cows and pigs, the establishment of permanently or semi-permanently inhabited settlements and the use of pottery.
		Neolithic Europe refers to the time between the Mesolithic and Bronze Age periods in Europe, roughly from 7000 BC (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) to ca.
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	Industrial Revolution - MSN Encarta
		Industrial Revolution, widespread replacement of manual labor by machines that began in Britain in the 18th century and is still continuing in some parts of the world.
		This is what anthropologists call the Neolithic Revolution, which took place in the later part of the Stone Age.
		In the Neolithic Revolution, people moved from social systems based on hunting and gathering to much more complex communities that depended on agriculture and the domestication of animals.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Neolithic Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In the history of science, the scientific revolution was the period that roughly began with the discoveries of Kepler, Galileo, and others at the dawn of the 17th century, ended with the publication of the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica in 1687 by Isaac Newton, and led into a new period...
		The term "Neolithic" thus does not refer to a specific chronological period but a suite of behavioural and cultural characteristics including the use of (both wild and domestic) crops and the use of domesticated animals.
		As originally conceived, the successes of the Neolithic Revolution laid the foundations for far-reaching cultural innovations to be made, and provided the framework for institutions and practices which would lead to the "rise of civilization".
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	Neolithic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Neolithic man, thought to be the world's first farmer, was not as peaceful as previously thought, new research has suggested.
		The term "Neolithic" is associated with a suite of specific behavioural characteristics including the growing of crops and the use of domesticated animals.
		Neolithic people in the British Isles built long barrows and chamber tombs for their dead and constructed causewayed campss, henges flint mines and cursus monuments.
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	Neolithic period. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The term neolithic is used, especially in archaeology and anthropology, to designate a stage of cultural evolution or technological development characterized by the use of stone tools, the existence of settled villages largely dependent on domesticated plants and animals, and the presence of such crafts as pottery and weaving.
		The termination of the Neolithic period is marked by such innovations as the rise of urban civilization or the introduction of metal tools or writing.
		B.C., Neolithic cultures based on the cultivation of corn, beans, squash, and other plants were present in Mexico and South America, leading to the rise of the Inca and Aztec civilizations and spreading to other parts of the Americas by the time of European contact.
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	Neolithic period on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		(the Neolithic revolution and the shift to an agricultural ec...
		In the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys, the Neolithic culture of the Middle East developed into the urban civilizations of the Bronze Age by 3500 BC Between 6000 BC and 2000 BC Neolithic culture spread through Europe, the Nile valley (Egypt), the Indus valley (India), and the Huang He valley (N China).
		By 1500 BC, Neolithic cultures based on the cultivation of corn, beans, squash, and other plants were present in Mexico and South America, leading to the rise of the Inca and Aztec civilizations and spreading to other parts of the Americas by the time of European contact.
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	Neolithic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Neolithic (Greek neos =new lithos =stone or "New Stone Age") is traditionally last part of the stone age.
		Neolithic people in the British Isles long barrows and chamber tombs for their and constructed causewayed camps henges flint mines and cursus monuments.
		Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing
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	Neolithic - Gurupedia
		Britain it remains unclear what the contribution of domestic plants was in the earliest Neolithic, or even whether permanently settled communities existed.
		Neolithic people in the British Isles built long barrows and chamber tombs for their dead and constructed causewayed camps, henges flint mines and cursus monuments.
		Iroquois, Pueblo people, Maya civilization and the Maori shows that a culture may be highly socially and politically sophisticated in many ways without knowledge of the use of metals.
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		Neolithic art is presented as an incorporation of Upper Paleolithic (realistic) with Mesolithic (schematic) and the geographic areas of the Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia are emphasized.
		Neolithic rock art with a focus on animal drawings and sculptings in bone, stone, and clay depicting people of Mongoloid and Europoid ethnography are highlighted.
		Siberia was inhabited by Mongoloids in the Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.
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	Einstein's God 2007
		First place among these inventions has to go to the technical idea that empowered the Neolithic Revolution, the idea that seeds could be deliberately placed somewhere that was convenient for the farmer, that they could be deliberately be supplied with water, that they could be shielded from the competition of other plants.
		Before the Neolithic we all sat around and discussed what we should be doing to assure the future of the tribe, and when we had achieved a consensus we all went and did our part in what we agreed should be done.
		Before the Neolithic a few of us might go out with the Warchief to intimidate people who were trespassing on our turf; but once we had cities and economic surpluses we seemed to need specialists who did nothing but fight.
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		This was considered the Neolithic Era and the many changes that occurred during this period are often referred to as the Neolithic Revolution.
		NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION The Neolithic Revolution essentially paved the way for all civilizations to come; it is the beginning.
		The French revolution and the Industrial Revolution changed Europe and the rest of the World in the way it The Revolution transformed the political system in France and inspired a number of political trends that were developing toward the 18th century.
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	The Neolithic Revolution
		The Neolithic Revolution occurred first in the so-called "Fertile Crescent" or Mesopotamia in what is now modern Iraq.
		Until the Neolithic, and in most areas for a long time after, all humans engaged in an economic activity called "hunting and gathering" which is exactly what it sounds like—the acquiring of food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants.
		For a brilliant discussion of when, why and how the Neolithic Revolution occurred, as well as its consequences for the development of human societies, I highly recommend the book Guns, Germs and Steel, by Jered Diamond.
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	BBC - h2g2 - The Neolithic Revolution - How Farming Changed the World
		Revolution, society as we know it today would be vastly different, and none of these other revolutions mentioned would have ever taken place.
		Thus, farming began and a new age, the Neolithic Age, was ushered in.
		Although it is widely acknowledged that agriculture did not occur overnight and that the transition from hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural society took a few thousand years to complete, it would be folly to underestimate the effects on society caused by its introduction.
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	HIST 100 Sample Lesson - World History: An Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Many of the developments of the Neolithic Revolution were radical improvements in obtaining food.
		In the second stage of the Neolithic Revolution, people learned to work with copper and bronze, which had an advantage over other metals since copper and bronze were soft and easy to work.
		These developments, which make up the Neolithic Revolution, happened in various parts of the world at approximately the same period of time and formed the foundation of all later civilizations.
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	Neolithic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The term "Neolithic" is associated with a of specific behavioural characteristics including the growing crops and the use of domesticated animals.
		Because of the profound differences in way humans interacted once agriculture began this of the New Stone Age is sometimes the Neolithic Revolution a term coined by the Australian Vere Gordon Childe.
		A glance at such cultures as Iroquois Pueblo people Maya civilization and the Maori shows that a culture may be socially and politically sophisticated in many ways without knowledge the use of metals.
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	History of HUNTER-GATHERERS TO FARMERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The strange thing is that this revolution occurs independently in separate parts of the world - the Middle East, for example, and America.
		But the Neolithic Revolution only spreads to areas which are suitable for farming.
		As soon as communities remain settled in one place, as a result of the Neolithic Revolution, the burial of their dead becomes a matter of intense concern.
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	Neolithic revolution -- Internetucation
		I think that the NEOLITHIC age stands for alote of things.It stands for the beginning of mankind and it also stands or the evolution of man.
		The people from the Neolithic age or as we call them today the “neandrithals” lived a very hard life compared to that of a persons life today.They had to make their oun houses and they were made of clay brick.Not like today our houses are mostly made of wood.
		It is alote easier to build with wood than it is to build with brick.Today you build a house in like 2 to 3 weeks.Wile in the neolithic age it took years to build their shelters the way the wanted.
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	Neolithic Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Neolithic Revolution established a new set of standards that made an important change in our way of human living.
		Between 8000 and 6000 B.C., the Neolithic Revolution was the transition from a food gathering society to a food producing society, when humans settled down to cultivate their food, instead of following their food.
		The Neolithic Revolution changed the way humans daily lived their lives.
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	Dissertations, Essays on Neolithic Revolution
		Shortly, thereafter, the means of survival had developed into a time period we call today the Neolithic revolution, or the New Stone Age, which is the foundation of how society began to operate.
		The Neolithic revolution was a turning point for the human race.
		The invention of agriculture, the changing status of women, and the beginning of warfare were all part of the revolution.
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	Neolithic Revolution Free Essays
		The !Kung and the Neolithic Revolution In life for humans there is a constant need for food to survive.
		It seems that almost all revolutions, in their radical phases, tend to have the characteristics of excessive cruelty, extreme violence, and denials of the rights of freedom...
		The Middle of the Russian Revolution The Split of the Social Democratic Workers Party in 1903 caused to groups to form: The Mensheviks, or “Those of the Minority” (opponents of the Bolsheviks), which initially cooperated with the Provisional Gove...
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	neolithic revolution - Articles about neolithic revolution
		Agricultural revolution The development of agriculture has been a fundamental part of the march of civilization.
		The case that mortality rose either with the Neolithic Revolution or subsequent urbanization is made by both medical ecologists and anthropologists....
		The "Neolithic revolution" is best thought of as a gradual transition as farming crossed Europe haltingly over the course of 3,000 years......
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	Open Directory - Science: Social Sciences: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Prehistory: Neolithic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Neolithic Cultures - An overview of the archaeological sequences of Thessaly, Crete, and the Cyclades.
		The Neolithic Diaspora in Europe - An article that describes the migration and dispersal of farmers and the adoption of crops and livestock by indigenous foragers.
		Neolithic Studies Group - Loose-knit group of archaeologists, mainly from Britain and the Atlantic seaboard countries of the European Union, with an interest in the Neolithic period.
	www.dmoz.org /Science/Social_Sciences/Archaeology/Periods_and_Cultures/Prehistory/Neolithic (844 words)

	[Regents Prep Global History] Change & Turning Points: Neolithic Revolution
		The Neolithic Revolution was a fundamental change in the way people lived.
		The Neolithic Revolution is a major turning point in human history.
		Neolithic villages continued to divide work between men and women.
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