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  1. Neolithic Age, Neolithic, New Stone Agenoun

    latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)

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  1. neolithic age

    The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world. This "Neolithic package" included the introduction of farming, domestication of animals, and change from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one of settlement. It began about 12,000 years ago when farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East, and later in other parts of the world. The Neolithic lasted in the Near East until the transitional period of the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) from about 6,500 years ago (4500 BC), marked by the development of metallurgy, leading up to the Bronze Age and Iron Age. In other places the Neolithic followed the Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) and then lasted until later. In Ancient Egypt, the Neolithic lasted until the Protodynastic period, c. 3150 BC. In China it lasted until circa 2000 BC with the rise of the pre-Shang Erlitou culture, and in Scandinavia the Neolithic lasted until about 2000 BC.The term Neolithic is modern, based on Greek νέος néos 'new' and λίθος líthos 'stone', literally 'New Stone Age'. The term was coined by Sir John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system.

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    The Neolithic Age, also known as the New Stone Age, was a period in human history which began around 10,200 BC and ended between 4500 and 2000 BC. During this period, humans transitioned from hunter-gatherer lifestyle to settled agriculture and livestock-rearing. It was characterized by the development of early farming techniques, production of advanced tools and pottery, construction of permanent settlements, and the invention of writing. The Neolithic Age marked the final phase of the Stone Age and the dawn of civilization and human cultural evolution.

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    The numerical value of neolithic age in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of neolithic age in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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