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12,000 BCE
agricultural revolution
The first agricultural revolution began in the ancient Near East. Wheat was cultivated at sites in Levant.___________________ Locations: Southwest of Asia, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea Persian Gulf, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, western Iran, Egypt -
9000 BCE
gathering stage
People started to move from the hunting and gathering stage and they start settling down in one location______________________ Location: Middle East -
9000 BCE
storing foods
As the people settled down on the land they began to find ways to store their foods. They made clay pots and jars, and pits are dug into the ground to store grains.____________________________ Location: Eastern part of Asia Minor or the southwestern part of Asia -
8000 BCE
Ice Age ended
When the most recent Ice Age ended it made large prey extinct and it made the land more fertile, both prompts and enables humans to start to develop permanent settlement._______________________ Location: Middle East -
8000 BCE
bricks
Sun-dried bricks are used in the construction of buildings in Jericho._________________________________________ Location: Jericho (Middle East) -
4000 BCE
invention of the plough
A simple handheld plough is in use in Egypt and Mesopotamia, at least 1000 years before a heavier version is pulled by oxen._____ Location: Egypt and Mesopotamia -
Period: 3700 BCE to 2300 BCE
copper age
The Neolithic Age starts to move into the Copper Age, copper tools start to replace stone tools.________________________________ Location: Middle East -
3000 BCE
wheels
Wheels are in use on carts, particularly where wood is easily available and the ground rough._______________________ Location: Forests of Europe