Agricultural revolution
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Agricultural revolution can refer to the:
- Neolithic Revolution (perhaps 10000 years ago), which formed the basis for human civilization to develop.
- British Agricultural Revolution (18th century), which spurred urbanisation and consequently helped launch the Industrial Revolution.
- Scottish agricultural revolution, which led to the so-called Lowland Clearances.
- Green Revolution (1945- ), the use of industrial fertilizers and new crops greatly increases the world's agricultural output.
- Biogenetic Revolution (1990s-), the use of genetically modified plants and animals.
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