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| 7000 BC |
| | Barley is cultivated in the Middle East | |
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| c. 6500 BC |
| | Catal Huyuk, in Anatolia, is the most extensive surviving example of a neolithic town | |
| | Catal Huyuk, wall painting Photograph James & Arlette Mellaart
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| c. 6500 BC |
| | The neolithic town of Catal Huyuk has rectangular rooms with windows, a design with lasting appeal | |
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| c. 6500 BC |
| | Pottery fragments of this date survive in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk | |
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| c. 5800 BC |
| | Fragments of cloth, woven in Catal Huyuk, survive because they are carbonized in a fire | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | Oxen are the first draught animals, in use at this time in the Middle East and in Europe | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | In Mesopotamia, and on the grass steppes of southern Russia, oxen are used to pull heavy loads on sledges | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | A simple hand-held plough is in use in Egypt and Mesopotamia, at least 1000 years before a heavier version is pulled by oxen | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | Beer is brewed in Mesopotamia, where barley is an indigenous crop | |
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| 3761 BC |
| | Later selected by Hebrew scholars as the date when the world began, this becomes the first year (AM 1) in Jewish chronology | |
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