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
9,500 BCE
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
c. 9,500 BCE
Agriculture
Fertile Crescent
Emmer and einkorn wheat domesticated
Farmers in the Fertile Crescent selected non-shattering wheat strains.
Why it mattered
The grain base of Old World civilisation.
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