The Near East is a modern-age term for the region formerly known as the Middle East comprising Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and part of Turkey, corresponding to ancient Urartu, Mesopotamia, Elam, Persia, the Levant, and Anatolia. The history of the ancient Near East is usually given as c. 5000 BCE-7th century CE.
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Timeline
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10000 BCEBeginnings of agriculture in the Middle East.
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8000 BCEOvens in use in the Near East are applied to pottery production.
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7700 BCEFirst domesticated wheats in the Fertile Crescent.
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7000 BCEDomestication of goats.
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5000 BCEIrrigation and agriculture begin in earnest in Mesopotamia.
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c. 5000 BCE - 651 CEDates of the history of the ancient Near East.
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853 BCEBabylonian kings depend on Assyrian military support.
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850 BCEMedes migrate into Iran from Asia.
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750 BCEPersians migrate into Iran from Asia.
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734 BCEBabylon is captured by Chaldeans.
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729 BCEBabylon is occupied by Assyrians.
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722 BCE - 705 BCEPeak of the Assyrian empire under the reign of Sargon II.
