The First FarmersEconomy & Trade Agriculture begins c. 9,500 BCETurning point Wheat, barley, peas and lentils are domesticated in the Fertile Crescent. Farming creates food surpluses, towns and eventually civilization. ▲ MattersSaveShareTrace roots Longest chain: The Big Bang → First stars ignite → Supernovae seed heavy elements → The Sun forms → Earth forms → First oceans → First life → Photosynthesis evolves → Great Oxidation Event → Complex cells (eukaryotes) → Multicellular life → First animals → Cambrian Explosion → First vertebrates → Jawed fish → Fish walk onto land → The amniotic egg → The Great Dying → Dinosaurs appear → Asteroid ends the dinosaurs → Early primates → Apes split from monkeys → Human line splits from chimpanzees → Walking upright → First stone tools → Genus Homo appears → Homo erectus → Control of fire → Habitual fire and cooking → Homo sapiens appears → Complex language → Natufian villages → Oldest known bread → Agriculture begins Community notesLoading notes… Learn more ranked by votesDocumentbritannica.comOrigins of agriculture: how agriculture and domestication began (Britannica) ↗Editor's pickBookJared DiamondGuns, Germs, and Steel ↗Editor's pickBookJames C. ScottAgainst the Grain ↗Editor's pickVideoSearch on YouTubeCrashCourse World History agricultural revolution ↗Editor's pick