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3 days ago · Prehistoric Egypt and Predynastic Egypt was the period of time starting at the first human settlement and ending at the First Dynasty of Egypt around 3100 BC. At the end of prehistory, "Predynastic Egypt" is traditionally defined as the period from the final part of the Neolithic period beginning c. 6200 BC to the end of the Naqada III period c ...
1 day ago · In the Fertile Crescent 11,000–10,000 years ago, zooarchaeology indicates that goats, pigs, sheep, and taurine cattle were the first livestock to be domesticated. Two thousand years later, humped zebu cattle were domesticated in what is today Baluchistan in Pakistan.
5 days ago · Jordan - Ancient, Middle East, Fertile Crescent: Jordan occupies an area rich in archaeological remains and religious traditions. The Jordanian desert was home to hunters from the Early Paleolithic Period; their flint tools have been found widely distributed throughout the region.
3 days ago · Aug. 18, 2024, 3:55 AM ET (CNN) Neolithic people moved Stonehenge’s mysterious Altar Stone over hundreds of miles. Aug. 14, 2024, 7:40 PM ET (AP) Stonehenge's 'altar stone' originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows. The fourth stage of Stonehenge’s construction occurred between 2280 and 2030 bce.
2 days ago · Carthage's North African hinterland was famed in antiquity for its fertile soil and ability to support abundant livestock and crops. Diodorus shares an eyewitness account from the fourth century BC describing lush gardens, verdant plantations, large and luxurious estates, and a complex network of canals and irrigation channels.
5 days ago · The period of human activity to the end of the last major Pleistocene glaciation, about 8300 bce, is termed the Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age); that part of it from 35,000 to 8300 bce is termed the Upper Paleolithic. The climatic record shows a cyclic pattern of warmer and colder periods.
1 day ago · The initial spread of peaches across eastern North America was structured by Indigenous communities and ecologies
