<P> Cereal crops were first domesticated around 9000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East . The first domesticated crops were generally annuals with large seeds or fruits . These included pulses such as peas and grains such as wheat . The Middle East was especially suited to these species ; the dry - summer climate was conducive to the evolution of large - seeded annual plants , and the variety of elevations led to a great variety of species . As domestication took place humans began to move from a hunter - gatherer society to a settled agricultural society . This change would eventually lead , some 4000 to 5000 years later , to the first city states and eventually the rise of civilization itself . </P>
<P> Cereal crops were first domesticated around 9000 BCE in the Fertile Crescent in the Middle East . The first domesticated crops were generally annuals with large seeds or fruits . These included pulses such as peas and grains such as wheat . The Middle East was especially suited to these species ; the dry - summer climate was conducive to the evolution of large - seeded annual plants , and the variety of elevations led to a great variety of species . As domestication took place humans began to move from a hunter - gatherer society to a settled agricultural society . This change would eventually lead , some 4000 to 5000 years later , to the first city states and eventually the rise of civilization itself . </P>
where were the early centers of crop domestication
where were the early centers of crop domestication
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent