Neolithic Timeline Assignment

Start of the Neolithic Revolution

10,000 BCE

The Neolithic Revolution starts to form where people shift from nomadic hunting and gathering to staying in one spot and farming.

The Neolithic Age

Period: 10,000 BCE to 3700 BCE

Technological Advancements (3000 - 9000 BCE)

9000 BCE

Advancements such as sickles, hammers and millstones are invented and new methods of storing food are put into use, further making the community grow.

Domestication (3000 - 9000 BCE)

9000 BCE

Animals are domesticated such as sheep at first and later pigs.

Discovery of the Indus Valley (7000 - 3000 BCE)

7000 BCE

The large arable land in the Indus Valley (located in modern day India) and is perfect for early food production.

Early Irrigation Systems (5000 BCE)

5000 BCE

As farming expanded, the need for irrigation grew. People in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia and the Nile river in Egypt made early forms of irrigation because they couldn’t always rely on the river to flood and grow crops.

The Invention of the Plow (4500 BCE)

4500 BCE

The plow was invented to replace the sticks early humans used to dig up soil and plant seeds, later animals were used with it.

The Creation of Beer (4000 BCE)

4000 BCE

Beer is brewed in Mesopotamia, where barley is an indigenous crop.

Beginning of the Copper Age (3700 BCE)

3700 BCE

The Neolithic Age starts to transition into the Copper Age as stone tools are being replaced with copper tools.