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The city of Abu Herey was destroyed 10'800 BC, almost three millenia before the timeframe you just stated for the first cities.
by kuschku 5y ago
The city of Abu Herey was destroyed 10'800 BC, almost three millenia before the timeframe you just stated for the first cities.
- pvg 5y agoDo you mean this site? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Abu_Hureyra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Abu_Hureyra It's a unique site of possible early long-term hunter-gatherer settlement right in the middle of one of the regions in which agriculture was first developed. It also happens to be one of the first agricultural sites! The pre-agricultural populations we're talking about are a few hundred people, which feels a little short of a city.
- nl 5y agoAbu Hureyra 1 was hardly a city - more a collection of huts. And it's one of the earliest examples of the transition from nomadic hunter gathers to more permanent settlements.