Where Did the Earliest Domestication of Animals and Plants in the Middle

question 33

Multiple Choice

Where did the earliest domestication of animals and plants in the Middle East occur?

• A) in desert oases
• B) in the area where wild forms of wheat and barley grew
• C) in the marginal zones next to the hilly flanks
• D) in the Fertile Crescent, where the world's first civilization emerged
• E) along the banks of the Nile

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