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  • WORLD CIVILIZATION AND CULTURETopic 2Stone Age: Neolithic Revolution

  • Overall impact of Neolithic Revolution

    Conversion of humans from

    Food Gatherer Food Producer

  • New inventions

    Better quality stone tools and weapons of many different shapes and sizes

    Invention of bow & arrow

  • Neolithic tools and weapons

  • Other Inventions of Neolithic AgeWheelPotteryFire by FrictionSea-worthy BoatsKnitting, Spinning & Weaving ClothesSun dried MudConstruction of HousesLimited Use of Copper

  • Neolithic Pottery and Houses

  • Neolithic Lake dwelling

  • Home furniture Neolithic house Neolithic Living Place

  • Neolithic ornaments

  • Stonehenge

  • Emergence of family Factors behind: Taking care of the young Inheritance of property Preservation & Transmission of beliefs & customs Division of labour

  • Types of family Polygamous

    Monogamous

  • Factors behind the development of statehood

    Need of discipline Social organisation Military purpose Rise of individual leaders

  • Urban RevolutionClass divisionMale supremacyFoundation of civilization

  • Geographic theory

    Adversity theory (Arnold Toynbee)

    Theories of civilization

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