Storiascopio · Era 2 of 12 · primary year 3
The Neolithic Revolution
about 12,000 years ago · Fertile Crescent
In short
About 12,000 years ago, in the Fertile Crescent (across today's Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Israel), people began to grow wheat and barley and to keep animals. In other parts of the world farming began on its own: rice in China, maize in the Americas. With more food, villages grew and life changed for ever.
Why it matters It is one of the biggest changes in history: without farming there would have been no cities.
Source: Treccani, entry “Neolitico”
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about 7 million years agoEvent 18 of 25about 5,300 years ago
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
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