Where did the earliest domestication of animals and plants in the Middle East occur?

A. in desert oases
B. in the area where wild forms of wheat and barley grew
C. along the banks of the Nile
D. in the marginal zone next to the hilly flanks
E. in the Fertile Crescent, where the world's first civilization emerged


Answer: D

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