<P> As well as possessing many sites with the skeletal and cultural remains of both pre-modern and early modern humans ( e.g. , at Tabun and Es Skhul caves in Israel ) , later Pleistocene hunter - gatherers , and Epipalaeolithic semi-sedentary hunter - gatherers ( the Natufians ) ; the Fertile Crescent is most famous for its sites related to the origins of agriculture . The western zone around the Jordan and upper Euphrates rivers gave rise to the first known Neolithic farming settlements ( referred to as Pre-Pottery Neolithic A ( PPNA ) , which date to around 9,000 BCE ( and includes sites such as Göbekli Tepe and Jericho ) . </P>
<P> As well as possessing many sites with the skeletal and cultural remains of both pre-modern and early modern humans ( e.g. , at Tabun and Es Skhul caves in Israel ) , later Pleistocene hunter - gatherers , and Epipalaeolithic semi-sedentary hunter - gatherers ( the Natufians ) ; the Fertile Crescent is most famous for its sites related to the origins of agriculture . The western zone around the Jordan and upper Euphrates rivers gave rise to the first known Neolithic farming settlements ( referred to as Pre-Pottery Neolithic A ( PPNA ) , which date to around 9,000 BCE ( and includes sites such as Göbekli Tepe and Jericho ) . </P>
when did civilization begin in the fertile crescent
when did civilization begin in the fertile crescent
9,000 BCE
9,000 BCE