Agriculture Timeline

• 10000 BCE
  Beginnings of agriculture in the Middle East.
• 9000 BCE
  Cultivation of wild cereals in the Fertile Crescent.
• 9000 BCE
  Wild sheep flocks are managed in the Zagros mountains.
• 7700 BCE
  First domesticated wheats in the Fertile Crescent.
• 7000 BCE
  Domestication of goats.
• 7000 BCE
  Plant cultivation in North America.
• 6700 BCE
  Domestication of sheep.
• 6500 BCE
  Domestication of pigs.
• c. 6500 BCE
  Cultivation of peas in the Eastern Mediterranean.
• c. 6000 BCE
  First irrigation.
• 6000 BCE
  Domestication of cattle.
• c. 6000 BCE - 2900 BCE
  Neolithic Age settlements in Greece, beginning of agriculture.
• 5200 BCE
  Domestication of chickens in China.
• 5000 BCE
  Irrigation and agriculture begin in earnest in Mesopotamia.
• 5000 BCE
  Villages arise in China around the Yellow River. Terraced farming begins and rice is cultivated.
• c. 5000 BCE
  Cultivation of peas in Europe.
• 5000 BCE
  Organised farming begins in Egypt.
• 4500 BCE
  Invention of the plow.
• 4000 BCE
  Use of wool for textiles.
• 3500 BCE
  Farming has spread across Europe.
• 3000 BCE
  Domestication of alpacas and llamas in the Andes.
• c. 3000 BCE
  Potatoes are grown in the Andes.
• c. 2700 BCE
  Corn is first cultivated in Mesoamerica.
• 2000 BCE
  Domesticated horses introduced in Mesopotamia.
• 1500 BCE
  Pastoral farming spreads across Eurasian steppes.
• 1345 BCE
  The world's first manual on training horses is written by the Mitanni horse trainer Kikkuli (found in Hattusa).