Editing History of Jordan (section)

==Chalcolithic==
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During the [[Chalcolithic]] period (4500–3200 BC), copper began to be smelted and used to make axes, arrowheads and hooks. The cultivation of barley, dates, olives and lentils, and the domestication of sheep and goats, rather than hunting, predominated. The lifestyle in the desert was probably very similar to that of modern [[Bedouins]].

[[Teleilat el Ghassul|Tuleitat Ghassul]] is a large Chalcolithic era village located in the [[Jordan Valley]]. The walls of its houses were made of sun-dried mud bricks; its roofs of wood, reeds and mud. Some had stone foundations, and many had large central courtyards. The walls are often painted with bright images of masked men, stars, and geometric motifs, which may have been connected to religious beliefs.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_ancient.html| title = Jordan – History – Ancient Jordan| access-date = 2007-02-25| archive-date = 2018-03-09| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180309230308/http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_ancient.html| url-status = live}}</ref>