Agricultural revolution

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Agricultural revolution (sometimes Agrarian Revolution) can refer to (in chronological order):

• Neolithic Revolution also the 'First Agricultural Revolution' (about 10,000 years ago), which formed the basis for human civilization to develop
• Muslim Agricultural Revolution (10th century), which led to increased urbanization and major changes in agriculture and economy during the Islamic Golden Age
• British Agricultural Revolution (18th century), which spurred urbanization and consequently helped launch the Industrial Revolution
• Scottish Agricultural Revolution (18th century), which led to the Lowland Clearances
• Green Revolution (mid 20th century after World War II), the use of industrial fertilizers and new crops greatly increases the world's agricultural output

Agrarian Revolution can also refer to various efforts at Land reform or Collective farming

• The period 1927–1937 in the Chinese Civil War is sometimes reckoned as the Agrarian Revolution, owing to the role of peasant fighters in the conflict.

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