Editing Fertile Crescent (section)

===Early domestications===
Prehistoric seedless [[Ficus|figs]] were discovered at [[Gilgal I]] in the [[Jordan Valley (Middle East)|Jordan Valley]], suggesting that fig trees were being planted some 11,400 years ago.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060601-agriculture.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060602003956/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060601-agriculture.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 2, 2006 |title=Ancient Fig Find May Push Back Birth of Agriculture |last=Norris |first=Scott |date=1 June 2006 |work=[[National Geographic Society]] |access-date=6 March 2017 |publisher=[[National Geographic News]]}}</ref> [[Cereal]]s were already grown in [[Syria (region)|Syria]] as long as 9,000 years ago.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development-of-agriculture/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605065242/https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/development-of-agriculture/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |title=Genographic Project: The Development of Agriculture |access-date=14 April 2016 |work=[[National Geographic]]}}</ref> Small cats (''Felis silvestris'') also were domesticated in this region.<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Driscoll |first1= Carlos A. |first2= Marilyn |last2= Menotti-Raymond |first3= Alfred L. |last3= Roca |first4= Karsten |last4= Hupe |first5= Warren E. |last5= Johnson |first6= Eli |last6= Geffen |first7= Eric H. |last7= Harley |first8= Miguel |last8= Delibes |first9= Dominique |last9= Pontier |first10= Andrew C. |last10= Kitchener |first11= Nobuyuki |last11= Yamaguchi |first12= Stephen J. |last12= O'Brien |author12-link=Stephen J. O'Brien|first13= David W. |last13= Macdonald |author13-link= David Macdonald (biologist) |title= The near eastern origin of cat domestication |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |date= 27 July 2007 |volume= 317 |doi= 10.1126/science.1139518 |pmid= 17600185 |pmc= 5612713 |issue= 5837 |pages= 519–523|bibcode= 2007Sci...317..519D }}</ref> Also, [[legume]]s including [[peas]], [[lentils]] and [[chickpea]] were domesticated in this region.

[[Domestication|Domesticated animals]] include the [[cattle]], [[sheep]], [[goat]], [[domestic pig]], [[cat]], and [[domestic goose]].