Humans first began farming and herding in the Fertile Crescent around 8,000 BCE, or approximately 10,000 years ago. This change from hunting and gathering allowed humans to quit their nomadic lifestyle and settle into permanent villages. Some of the earliest civilizations in human history, notably the Ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, and Babylonians, emerged in the Fertile Crescent. ()
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Humans first began farming and herding in the Fertile Crescent around 8,000 BCE, or approximately 10,000 years ago. This change from hunting and gathering allowed humans to quit their nomadic lifestyl...