This change, known as the Neolithic, or Agricultural, Revolution, heralded the beginning of agriculture as we know it. Generally, it's considered an unquestionable advancement that led to improved living conditions, increased lifespan, and ultimately to the development of technology and all the perks of modern life. Technically speaking, yes.
The Neolithic Revolution changed the way humans lived. The use of agriculture allowed humans to develop permanent settlements, social classes, and new technologies. Some of these early groups settled in the fertile valleys of the Nile, Tigris-Euphrates, Yellow, and Indus Rivers.
The agricultural revolution had a variety of consequences for humans. It has been linked to everything from societal inequality—a result of humans' increased dependence on the land and fears of scarcity—to a decline in nutrition and a rise in infectious diseases contracted from domesticated animals.
During the Ming and qing dynasty the Chinese government never encouraged technological innovation as a foundation of economic strength because of their ruling ideology they were unwilling to take any institution nor principles behind government in their idea of reform and as a result China never develop its own capability of technological reform which could have failed because of conservative forces ingrained in their culture
