The Agricultural Revolution of East Asia took place first in China, in the fertile valleys of the Yangtze River. From there it spread eastwards to Korea and Japan and southwards to Southeast Asia. The term "agricultural hearth" refers to early settled agricultural regions (usually along rivers).

The “Neolithic Revolution” is another name for the First Agricultural Revolution, which began in the Fertile Crescent of the near Middle East, and then gradually spread outwards into Europe and North Africa.

Most experts agree that the first animal to be domesticated by humans was the goat in modern-day Turkey or Syria, around ten thousand years ago. Dogs were also domesticated relatively early, and some agricultural historians contend that they were domesticated before goats and sheep. This is probably true for some parts of the world, but the general consensus is that goats and sheep were the first animals to be domesticated by humans in large numbers.

The “Neolithic Revolution” is another name for the First Agricultural Revolution. This is when agriculture was first widely practiced on earth. It led to the rise of cities, civilizations, and empires, as well as many other things. Before the advent of agriculture, most humans were nomadic “hunter-gatherers” - who relied on the hunting and killing of wild animals and the gathering of berries and fruits to survive.

The Fertile Crescent—also sometimes called Mesopotamia—is the name given to a region of the Middle East that was particularly fertile several thousand years ago; thus, it was the first place where the Neolithic Revolution took place. All of these countries, at least partially, reside inside the Fertile Crescent except Afghanistan, which has a much more mountainous and relatively barren terrain.

The Neolithic Revolution took place in the Americas for the first time in Central America, in territory that comprises parts of present-day Mexico and Guatemala. From there it spread southwards to modern-day Panama and northwards towards modern-day America.

Large-scale agriculture and domestication of plants and animals first took place in South America in the region that comprises much of modern-day Peru. From there it spread north, south, and east throughout much of the rest of South America, although noticeably it did not penetrate into the Amazon Rainforest until very recently.

An agricultural hearth is known as the "birthplace" of a crop, or where a crop is known to have originated before its spread throughout the world. Squash, potato, cocoa, and maize (corn) are crops which originated in Southern Mexico. Southwest Asia was the agricultural hearth for barley and wheat. Ethiopia is the agricultural hearth for millet and sorghum. Australia is not considered a major agricultural hearth. Southern Europe is the agricultural hearth for olives and oats.

Terraces provide level fields on hillsides.

The Neolithic Revolution, sometimes referred to as the Agricultural Revolution is the term used to describe the widespread introduction of agriculture during the Stone Age. Settled ancient communities learned and experimented with plants leading to changes in their everyday actions and food producing techniques.