IN CONTEXT
Neolithic revolution
11000–10000 bce There is evidence of cultivation of crops and domestication of animals in West Asia.
c.9000 bce Maize farming begins in Mesoamerica.
c.8800 bce Farming lifestyles are well established across West Asia.
8000 bce Cultivation and domestication begin in East Asia.
7400–6000 bce The town of Çatalhöyük is established.
7000–6500 bce Agriculture spreads west into Europe via Cyprus, Greece, and the Balkans.
3500 bce The earliest cities are built in Mesopotamia.
The Neolithic town of Çatalhöyük on the Konya Plain in Turkey was discovered by James Mellaart in the 1960s. It has become one of the most famous ...
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