C. 10000 BCE, climate warmed

Humans domesticated animals and cultivated agriculture (thus becoming less mobile)

First evidence in Anatolia and Mesopotamia

Jericho

• Settlement established c. 8000 BCE

• C. 7500 BCE, walls and tower built

Burials under the floors of omes

Skulls removed, covered in plaster, eyes inlaid with shells

Catalhoyuk

• Located in Konya, in south-central Turkey

• 6500-5700 BCE, inhabited by up to 8000 people

• Transition from nomad to settler

Wall painting, first landscape