# Canonical recap data for Domestication of the Sheep (9000)
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slug: sheep-domestication
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/9000/sheep-domestication"
title: Domestication of the Sheep
subtitle: The herding of wild sheep in the Fertile Crescent marked a shift toward pastoralism and pastoral nomadism, reshaping Bronze Age conflicts and trade.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 9000-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 9000
decade: 9000
summaryShort: Sheep are among the first animals to have been domesticated by humans. Their history goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE, when humans domesticated the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia. The first sheep were primarily raised for meat, milk, and skins. Woolly sheep began to be developed around 6000 BCE. They were
summaryLong: Sheep are among the first animals to have been domesticated by humans. Their history goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE, when humans domesticated the wild mouflon in ancient Mesopotamia. The first sheep were primarily raised for meat, milk, and skins. Woolly sheep began to be developed around 6000 BCE. They were then imported to Africa and Europe via trading.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Domestication of the sheep"
importance: 80
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_sheep"
  title: Domestication of the sheep
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: Sheep are among the first animals to have been domesticated by humans. Their history goes back to between 11,000 and 9,000 BCE, when humans domesticated the wil
wikidataQid: Q5868809
taxonomy:
domain: technological
eventTypes:
- scientific_breakthrough
canonicalClasses:
- discovery
- creation
- transformation
impactRadius: civilizational
velocity: gradual
predictability: emergent
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: multi_domain
lifecycleClass: birth
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260502162208/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_sheep"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-02
  label: Domestication of the sheep
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_sheep"
