The Evolution of Farming in the Middle East

Irrigation projects like this would help those village cultures of mesopotamia develop into settlements that could sustain more and a people. Ploughing fields was made a lot easier by the development of oxen drawn ard ploughs. These agricultural techniques would begin to find their way into the lands of modern europe. The culture is referred to as the linear pottery culture, or by the german name linea band karamik - l b k for short.