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12,000 BCE
First Agricultural Revolution Began
The first agricultural revolution began in the ancient Near East (southwest of Asia, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Pursian Gulf, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, western Iran, Egypt). Wheat was cultivated at sites in Levant. -
Period: 12,000 BCE to 3100 BCE
Neolithic Revolution Important Events
These events are the most important events in the Neolithic Revolution. Without these events civilization would not have developed as quickly.