neolithic revolution
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
the discovery of agriculture
Example Sentences
- "The end of the last ice age around 10,000 b.c. was followed by what is called the Neolithic Revolution; that is, the revolution that occurred in the New Stone Age (the word Neolithic is Greek for “New Stone.”)"
- "The Neolithic Revolution (about 8000-3000 B.C.E.) was characterized by people moving from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles."
- "For most people, the concept of the Neolithic Revolution refers to the actual origin of agriculture with domesticated plants, this occurring in Southwest Asia in the late PPNA or early PPNB at around 9000-8500 BC."
- "The Neolithic Revolution brought about the greatest material transformation in human history."
Inflected Forms
the Neolithic Revolution (canonical)
Phrases
Upper Paleolithic Revolution
Frequently Paired Words
Upper Paleolithic Revolution