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Iraq timeline
c. 12,000 years ago
A canine jaw, discovered in a cave in Mesopotamia, is the earliest evidence of the domestication of dogs
c. 8000 BC
Sheep are the first farm animals of which evidence of domestication survives, from a settlement in northern Iraq
c. 4000 BC
In Mesopotamia, and on the grass steppes of southern Russia, oxen are used to pull heavy loads on sledges
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
c. 4000 BC
Beer is brewed in Mesopotamia, where barley is an indigenous crop
c. 3100 BC
Sumer develops as the first centre of Mesopotamian civilization
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