# Neolithic farming spreads into Britain (-4000)

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Farming communities introduced domesticated crops and animals, pottery and more permanent settlement patterns. Within the broader Prehistoric Britain period, communities moved from hunter-gatherer lifeways toward farming, monument building, metalworking and increasingly complex regional societies. This event is placed at c. 4000 BCE in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The transition transformed land use, diet and social organization across Britain.

## Why it matters
The transition transformed land use, diet and social organization across Britain.

Ruler at the time: [Prehistoric Britain](https://english-history.com/rulers/prehistoric-britain)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Neolithic farming spreads into Britain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Neolithic+farming+spreads+into+Britain&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Neolithic farming spreads into Britain](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Neolithic+farming+spreads+into+Britain)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history_%28before_1000%29)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — prehistoric Britain topic search](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=prehistoric%20Britain)