Three Eras Timeline By Brody54 178,000 BCE First Evidence of humans Hunting and gathering 13,000 BCE Large animals start to go extinct as a result of over-hunting 10,000 BCE First evidence of humans using agricultural practices in the middle east 9000 BCE barley is first domesticated in the Near East 6498 BCE Remains of food-producing societies in Greece 1757 Start of the Industrial Revolution in Britian 1793 Industrial Revolution reaches the U.S., A water-powered textile mill (Slater Mill) opens in Rhode Island.