Hunter-gatherers unintentionally domesticated crops 10,000 years ago, and climate change led to longer growing seasons. Larger populations discovered reliable sources of food, resulting in permanent settlements and eventually cities. This Neolithic Revolution shifted societies from food gathering to production and marked the beginning of civilization, bringing both benefits like more complex cultures as well as costs such as increased disease spread.

1. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:

2. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer
bands scattered
seeds near campsites
that resulted in the
growth of new crops
(10,000 years ago)

3. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer bands scattered seeds
near campsites that resulted in the growth
of new crops (10,000 years ago)
• Climate change-
rising temperatures
led to longer growing
seasons and drier
land.

4. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer bands scattered seeds
near campsites that resulted in the growth
of new crops (10,000 years ago)
• Climate change- rising temperatures led to
longer growing seasons and drier land.
• Growing populations
led to a discovery of
new food resources
and a steady, reliable
source of food.

5. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer bands • Shift from food-gathering to
scattered seeds near campsites
that resulted in the growth of food-producing cultures lead
new crops (10,000 years ago) to the establishment of
• Climate change- rising permanent settlements and
temperatures led to longer
growing seasons and drier land. eventually to the first cities.
• Growing populations led to a
discovery of new food
resources and a steady, reliable
source of food.

6. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer bands • Shift from food-gathering to food-producing cultures lead
to the establishment of permanent settlements and
scattered seeds near campsites eventually to the first cities.
that resulted in the growth of
new crops (10,000 years ago) • In the long run, leads to the
• Climate change- rising development of civilization.
temperatures led to longer
growing seasons and drier land.
• Growing populations led to a
discovery of new food
resources and a steady, reliable
source of food.

7. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer bands • Shift from food-gathering to food-producing cultures lead
to the establishment of permanent settlements and
scattered seeds near campsites eventually to the first cities.
that resulted in the growth of • In the long run, leads to the development of civilization.
new crops (10,000 years ago)
• Climate change- rising
• Positive Effect: settlement
temperatures led to longer leads to the development of
growing seasons and drier land.
complex cultures- art,
• Growing populations led to a
discovery of new food religion, specialization of
resources and a steady, reliable labor, irrigation systems.
source of food.

8. The Neolithic Revolution
Causes Consequences:
• Hunter-gatherer bands • Shift from food-gathering to food-producing cultures lead
to the establishment of permanent settlements and
scattered seeds near campsites eventually to the first cities.
that resulted in the growth of • In the long run, leads to the development of civilization.
new crops (10,000 years ago) • Positive Effect: settlement leads to the development of
complex cultures- art, religion, specialization of labor,
• Climate change- rising irrigation systems.
temperatures led to longer
growing seasons and drier land. • Negative Effects:
• Growing populations led to a domestication of animals and
discovery of new food population density leads to an
resources and a steady, reliable
source of food. increased spread of disease.
Also, villages and cities more
susceptible to attacks and
natural disasters.