Domestication is the hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants. First domesticated animals appeared in Central Asia 15,000 years ago. First successful domestication occurred before 9500 BCE. Neolithic Period (10,000-8,000 BCE) marked beginning of agriculture
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Agricultural Revolution began around 11,000 BCE with domestication of plants and animals. First cities emerged in Mesopotamia around 4000-3000 BCE. Wheeled vehicles appeared around 3500 BCE. First writing systems appeared around 3200 BCE. Hammurabi issued first legal code around 1754 BCE
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Neolithic Revolution marked transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture in Afro-Eurasia. Domestication of plants and animals began 11,700 years ago after Ice Age. First agricultural revolution was invented by V. Gordon Childe in 1936. Tell Aswad is oldest site with domesticated emmer wheat, dating to 10,800 BP