Qaraoun culture flourishes in modern-day Lebanon
The Qaraoun culture is a culture of the Lebanese Stone Age around Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley.
Qaraoun culture flourishes in modern-day Lebanon Read more
The Qaraoun culture is a culture of the Lebanese Stone Age around Qaraoun in the Beqaa Valley.
Qaraoun culture flourishes in modern-day Lebanon Read more
The beginning of this process in different regions has been dated from 10,000 to 8,000 B.C.E. in the Fertile Crescent and perhaps 8000 B.C.E. in the Kuk Early Agricultural Site of Melanesia.
Humans develop agriculture for the first time ever, beginning the Agricultural Revolution Read more
Archaeological excavations starting in the 1840s C.E. have revealed human settlements dating to 10,000 B.C.E. in Mesopotamia that indicate that the fertile conditions of the land between two rivers allowed an ancient hunter-gatherer people to settle in the land, domesticate animals, and turn their attention to agriculture.
The first settlements in Mesopotamia begin to form Read more
The history of the domesticated sheep goes back to between 11000 and 9000 B.C.E., and the domestication of the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia.
Humans domesticate the sheep Read more
Kebarian culture was an archaeological culture in the eastern Mediterranean area (c. 18,000 to 12,500 BP). The Kebaran were a highly mobile nomadic population, composed of hunters and gatherers in the Levant and Sinai areas who used microlithic tools.
Kebarian Culture thrives in the Levant Read more
Mortar and pestle are implements used since ancient times to prepare ingredients or substances by crushing and grinding them into a fine paste or powder in the kitchen, medicine and pharmacy.
It is assumed to be one of the earliest known sites containing Upper Paleolithic technologies including Ahmarian cultural objects.
Early humans settle Ksar Akil in modern-day Lebanon Read more
The earliest undisputed human burial dates back 100,000 years. Human skeletal remains stained with red ochre were discovered in the Skhul cave at Qafzeh, Israel.
Humans begin burying dead, perhaps in modern-day Israel Read more
The harsh climate prevented much settlement in the Arabian peninsula apart from a small number of urban trading settlements, such as Mecca and Medina.
Early Homo Sapiens settle in Arabian Peninsula for first time Read more