Human Neolithic settlements by Mureybetian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B c. 9,700 – 9,300 BCE c. 9,300 – 8,600 BCE c. 8,600 – 8,000 BCE Sultanian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Lodian culture c. 9,500 – 7,370 BCE c. 6,800 – 5,850 BCE c. 5,850 – 4,500 BCE Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Yarmukian culture Wadi Raba culture c. 8,800 – 7,000 BCE c. 6,400 – 5,800 BCE c. 5,800 – 5,300 BCE c. 5,300 – 4,500 BCE Aswadian Pre-Pottery Neolithic B c. 8700 – 7500 BCE Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Yarmukian culture c. 8,300 – 6,400 BCE c. 6,400 – 5,000 BCE Yarmukian culture c. 6,400 – 6,000 BCE Hassuna culture Halaf culture Halaf-Ubaid culture Ubaid culture c. 6,850 – 6,200 BCE c. 6,200 – 5,200 BCE c. 5,200 – 5,000 BCE c. 5,000 – 4,000 BCE c. 7,000 – 5,500 BCE c. 5,500 – 4,800 BCE Beixin culture Dawenkou culture Longshan culture Yueshi culture c. 5,300 – 4,100 BCE c. 4,100 – 2,600 BCE c. 3,000 – 1,900 BCE c. 1,900 – 1,500 BCE Israel Wadi Raba culture c. 5,800 – 4,500 BCE Hongshan culture c. 3,500 – 3,000 BCE Skorba culture Żebbuġ culture Mġarr culture c. 4,500 — 4,100 BCE c. 4,100 — 3,800 BCE c. 3,800 — 3,600 BCE Saflieni culture c. 3,300 — 3,000 BCE Banshan culture Machang culture c. 2,500 – 2,300 BCE c. 2,300 – 2,000 BCE