In addition to Mesopotamia and Egypt, other nearby areas in which significant human advances were made included
a. the development of large urban centers in the Balkan peninsula by 9300 B.C.E.
b. probable independent development of animal domestication and limited farming in what is now southern France by 10,000 B.C.E.
c. the establishment of large sheep ranches on the islands of Sicily and Ireland.
d. the construction of a large megalithic complexes in the British Isles and in northwestern France which revealed a surprising awareness of astronomical data.
e. the appearance of true cities in northern Gaul by 4000 B.C.E.
d
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