c. 10,000 BCE – 9,000 BCE
Agriculture
Fertile Crescent
Agriculture
Wheat, barley, lentils and peas brought under cultivation in the Fertile Crescent.
Why it mattered
Food surplus made permanent settlement, storage, property and cities possible.
Stone Age
10,000 BCE
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