World History › Section A · Studying the past and early humans › Topic A.6
The Neolithic Revolution
About twelve thousand years ago, some humans stopped merely gathering food and began producing it — an upheaval that changed our diet, our health, our social order and our beliefs. This topic covers where farming began, why it spread, what it cost, and the villages it built.
In this topic
- The great shift
- Independent beginnings
- Domestication: choosing the plants and animals
- Worked example: why farming caught on
- The trade-offs
- Göbekli Tepe and the order of events
- New hierarchies of wealth, gender and belief
- Villages worldwide
- From pottery to bronze
- Worked example: a band and a village compared
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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