All 3 Uses of
Neolithic
in
1984 by Orwell
- Throughout recorded time, and probably since the end of the Neolithic Age, there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High, the Middle, and the Low.†
p. 184..3
- The peculiar pressure that it exerted on human beings between the Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and been replaced by something quite different.†
p. 199..6 *
- Throughout recorded time, and probably since the end of the Neolithic Age, there have been three kinds of people in the world, the High, the Middle, and the Low.†
p. 201..3
Definition:
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(Neolithic) newest (most recent) period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 to 8,000 BC, when humans made polished stone tools and many areas were developing agriculture -- especially the Middle East