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=== early villages === | === early villages === | ||
* Ba'ja, Jordan | * '''Ba'ja, Jordan''' | ||
** 7,000 BC settlement in isolated, mountainous region in southwest Jordan | ** 7,000 BC settlement in isolated, mountainous region in southwest Jordan | ||
** period is PPNB (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) | ** period is PPNB (Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) | ||
** up to 600 inhabitants in 1-2 story, connected houses built into | ** up to 600 inhabitants in 1-2 story, connected houses built into the landscape | ||
** built on a small plateau surrounded by sandstone formations | |||
** lived on legumes and animals | ** lived on legumes and animals | ||
** villagers had extensive stone working abilities for shell-jewelry and small sandstone rings | ** villagers had extensive stone working abilities for shell-jewelry and small sandstone rings | ||
*** the rings were possibly used for trade or wealth display | *** the rings were possibly used for trade or wealth display | ||
** see | ** see | ||
*** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3KdGOcnMqw Jordan: They mysterious Stone Age village] (DW Documentary on YouTube) | *** "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3KdGOcnMqw Jordan: They mysterious Stone Age village] (DW Documentary on YouTube) | ||
*** [[wikipedia:Ba'ja|Ba'ja - (wikipedia)]] | *** [[wikipedia:Ba'ja|Ba'ja - (wikipedia)]] | ||
<gallery widths=300px heights=200px> | |||
File:Ba'ja 01.jpg|thumb|Ba'ja 01| | |||
File:Ba'ja 02.jpg|thumb|Areas B, E and TU 2 | |||
File:Ba'ja 06.jpg|Ba'ja_06 | |||
File:Ba'ja 08.jpg|thumb|Walls in Area TU2 | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== early cities === | === early cities === | ||