Fertile Crescent

The beginning of the "home to the rise of agriculture"

10,000 BCE

=> First generations of the Fertile Crescent formed.
* Agriculture and the domestication of animals began in the region

• The civilisations grew, technological advances in agriculture -> domestication of animals occurred (rural/communities developed along rivers and valleys // Mesopotamia, Tigris, etc.)

- Climate: semi-arid -> extreme to hot summers or warm to cool winters + more rainfall than deserts (= receive minimal precipitation) => encouraged the cultivation of crops