HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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About 4000 B.C
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About 6000 BC
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About 8000 BC
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About 12000 B.C
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Neolithic Revolution-also referred to as the Agricultural Revolution-is thought to have begun about 12, 000 years ago. It coincided with the end of the last ice age and the beginning of the current geological epoch, the Holocene.
Detailed explanation-2: -First Agricultural Revolution (circa 10, 000 BC), the prehistoric transition from hunting and gathering to settled agriculture (also known as the Neolithic Revolution)
Detailed explanation-3: -Most archaeologists believed this sudden blossoming of civilization was driven largely by environmental changes: a gradual warming as the Ice Age ended that allowed some people to begin cultivating plants and herding animals in abundance. One part of humankind turned its back on foraging and embraced agriculture.