# Canonical recap data for Jericho Wall Construction Begins (9000)
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slug: jericho-wall
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9000/jericho-wall"
title: Jericho Wall Construction Begins
aliases:
- Jericho fortifications
- Tower of Jericho
- Pre-Pottery Neolithic B walls
- Early Jericho defensive system
subtitle: The earliest known defensive fortifications signal organized conflict, resource competition, and the emergence of territorial warfare in early settlements.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9000-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9000
decade: 9000
country:
name: Palestine
slug: palestine
summaryShort: "The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one novella, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King. Incorporating themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy, horror, and Western, it describes a \"gunslinger\" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical "
summaryLong: The Dark Tower is a series of eight novels, one novella, and a children's book written by American author Stephen King. Incorporating themes from multiple genres, including dark fantasy, science fantasy, horror, and Western, it describes a "gunslinger" and his quest toward a tower, the nature of which is both physical and metaphorical. The series, and its use of the Dark Tower, expands upon Stephen King's multiverse and in doing so, links together many of his other novels.
lede: Around 9000 BCE, construction began on fortification walls surrounding Jericho in present-day Palestine, making it among the earliest known defensive structures built by a settled community. The walls—some reaching 6.5 meters high—protected a population of several hundred people living in one of humanity's first permanent settlements. The project required coordinated labor, planning, and resource management on a scale that signaled a fundamental shift in how humans organized themselves.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Jericho_Panorama.jpg/1280px-Jericho_Panorama.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Ibro84 · via Wikipedia
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts:
- label: Wall height
  value: Up to 6.5 meters
- label: Wall thickness
  value: Approximately 3.6 meters
- label: Estimated population protected
  value: 300-500 people
- label: Chronological period
  value: Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB)
- label: Associated tower diameter
  value: 9 meters
- label: Construction material
  value: Stone with stone foundation
timeline:
- date: 8500-01-01
  title: Gradual abandonment
  description: Settlement shows declining investment in wall maintenance; occupation continues at reduced intensity
- date: 8900-01-01
  title: Wall system expansion
  description: Fortifications expanded and reinforced, suggesting sustained threat perception or resource competition
- date: 8950-01-01
  title: Tower completion
  description: Stone tower approximately 9 meters in diameter constructed, likely serving defensive and administrative functions
- date: 9000-01-01
  title: Wall construction begins
  description: First fortification walls built around settlement perimeter, indicating organized labor and collective defense planning
- date: 9050-01-01
  title: Initial settlement phase
  description: Jericho occupied as permanent hunter-gatherer settlement with no defensive structures
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)"
  title: Jericho Hill
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
impactStatement: "Jericho's walls marked a transition point in human settlement: they represented the first large-scale coordinated construction project, required sustained social organization, and signaled the emergence of property and territorial concepts. Their existence reshapes understanding of Neolithic societies, proving that complex collective action preceded agriculture and pottery."
categories:
- war
metaDescription: How 9000 BCE construction of Jericho's walls reveals early human social organization and permanent settlement.
wikidataQid: Q280898
taxonomy:
domain: cultural
eventTypes:
- literary_release
canonicalClasses:
- creation
- celebration
impactRadius: global
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: single_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260530031016/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-30
  label: Jericho Hill
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Tower_(series)"
