Domestication of cattle
~8500 BCE · Event
Aurochs domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and independently in South Asia.
On these timelines: Master, Mesopotamia & the Ancient Near East
Around 8500 BCE
- Jericho settled (9000 BCE)
- Göbekli Tepe constructed (9500 BCE)
- Domestication of wheat in the Levant (9000 BCE)
- Domestication of the potato (8000 BCE)
- Domestication of rice (8000 BCE)