NEOLITHIC MIDDLE EAST - Sedentary, agrarian societies develop in Fertile Crescent (jan 1, 10000 BC – jan 1, 4500 BC)
Description:
The proto-Neolithic Natufians in the Levant first began some minimal cultivation of crops pre-10,000 BC. Eventually permanent settlements developed. Animals were domesticated. Distinctive pottery styles developed.
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Date:
jan 1, 10000 BC
jan 1, 4500 BC
~ 5503 years