WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By 10, 200–8, 800 BC farming communities had arisen in the Levant and spread to Asia Minor, North Africa and North Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic Revolution from around 10, 000 BC.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Neolithic Revolution was viewed as a single event-a sudden flash of genius-that occurred in a single location, Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now southern Iraq, specifically the site of a realm known as Sumer, which dates back to about 4000 B.C.E.

Detailed explanation-3: -The growing of crops on a regular basis gave rise to more permanent settlements. Historians refer to these settlements as Neolithic farming villages. Neolithic villages appeared in Europe, India, Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica. The oldest and biggest ones were located in Southwest Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Around that time a new phase started (the Late Neolithic, or Pottery Neolithic, 6300-4500 BC). Again, settlement patterns changed. One significant change was that instead of the focus being on the large sites, many people dispersed into small settlements, that we can understand as agricultural villages.

Detailed explanation-5: -During the Neolithic period, hunter-gatherers roamed the natural world, foraging for their food. But then a dramatic shift occurred. The foragers became farmers, transitioning from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to a more settled one.