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There were economic, political, and also social conditions which have often led to a turning point in life that have changed the course of history for nations and people to this day. The Neolithic revolution was a fundamental change in the way people lived. During the Paleolithic Period, which lasted from the beginning of human life until about 10,000b.c. People were nomads and farmed for a living then found Systems of food production. They became Involved in hunting animals and gathering foods grown in the wild, also moving from place to place. The shift from hunting & gathering became an agriculture which led to permanent settlements, and the rise of civilizations. One of their social conditions was the belief in animism that natural objects have souls that may exist apart from their material bodies. Farming lead to homes, which then lead to social classes, specialized jobs, and larger populations which started villages. Cultural diffusion in the society happened by the technology such as the making of plows, to help make their work easier that worked with animals, mathematics; hieroglyphics. Metal weapons were developed for the villages to protect their valuable resources. The most important resource was the Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Yellow, and Indus Rivers. The rivers were very important because there were floods that helped to provide the fertile soil for survival. Helped farmers get the water they needed to get on their fields during the dry season. This resulted in an irrigation system that was necessary to control these waters. As you can see there where many political, economic, and social conditions that led the Neolithic revolution into a major turning point in life that came to the benefit of the way of living to this day.