The Neolithic Era

The Neolithic Era or New Stone Age began somewhere around 10,000 BC and continued to 3,000 BC.

During the Neolithic era, farming was invented. The invention did not occur all at once. In fact, it evolved gradually during these years 3500 years.

The Neolithic era was the era of communal transformation, with the acceleration of agriculture. Agricultural economics were first established by the African who lives north of the equator and cultivated grain.

This gave rise to the cities and villages, in which housing became permanent because of the affluence of agriculture.

The first flourishing city was Jericho (9000 BC) with a population of 2,500 – 3,000.

Agriculture first evolved in the Middle East and then spread to other parts of the world. Catul Hayuk, located in modern Turkey, is another famous site.

Agriculture later rose in the Balkans in 6,500 BC; in southeastern Asia rice was cultivated by 5,000 BC; around the yellow and Wei River, the centers of lay Chinese civilizations.

The Neolithic age brought to a close hundred of thousands of years of nomadic hunting and food gathering as the mainstay of an informal economy. Egypt and Sumer incorporated the accomplishment of the Neolithic age and reaped its benefits better than any other societies. The opened a new era for mankind the era of high civilization, the era of urbanism, labor specialization, metals, the wheel and the potter’s wheel, seagoing boats and true polytheism.
The Neolithic Era