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What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Ten thousand years ago a seed planted in the Fertile Crescent changed everything: surplus, cities, kings — and the end of freedom as humanity knew it.

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Before the field, humans were wanderers — and nobody was in charge of them. Then someone pressed a seed into the ground on purpose, and the whole bargain of civilization was struck: food in exchange for obedience.

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