The first towns <br>&nbsp;

On the road from Egypt to Asia, villages were built for refueling and resting the passers-by. As the trade grew, the villages developed into cities, one βεψαμε the first known commercial center of humanity. It was Jericho, on the banks of the Jordan River, with stone inns for the rest of the travelers, fortified with walls and trench for protection from the invaders. The residents of the city exchanged products such as salt and obsidian stone from Asia Minor, Red Sea shells, precious stones from Sinai. After -7,000 the round houses were replaced by squares, perhaps after the conquering of Jericho by newcomers. The city and its walls were destroyed many times, and so many were rebuilt. There have been at least 20 consecutive installations of Jericho.

At Anatolia, Chudal Huyuk, a large Neolithic settlement was developed shortly afterwards, more than 160 houses has been discovered at different levels. Most had an area of ​​around 30 square meters, some of them reaching 50. Their height ranged from two and a half to three meters. A characteristic feature of all dwellings was that they consisted of one large room and one or two smaller ones that served as workshops or warehouses. The houses were almost glued to each other, a few centimeters separating their outer walls, which were 40 centimeters thick. The entrance and exit were made by a small manhole on the roof, the occupants were climbing with a ladder, which they gathered inside the house, so that access would be difficult for the enemies.
 Due to their construction the houses often collapsed and the inhabitants burned the remains, covered the spot with mud and on top they built new homes of wood and bricks dried in the sun. During its peak, around 6,000 BC, the city had about 10,000 inhabitants and 2,000 residences. Each house had up to 10 people when a family member was dying, was buried in the house, either under the floor or under a kind of platform, used for various jobs atday and as a bed at night.

Their religion included a god, whose sacred animal was the bull and a goddess depicted as a daughter, mother and elderly woman. Worship spaces found in the area with walls painted in bold colors and frescoes with hunting scenes and rituals.

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