WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Catal Huyuk is noteworthy because it is one of the first human proto-cities to have been built. It is sometimes compared to Jericho, another ancient city. However, Jericho has been continuously inhabited since it was first built, whereas Catal Huyuk was only inhabited from approximately 7400-5200 BCE.

Detailed explanation-2: -The taller eastern mound contains eighteen levels of Neolithic occupation between 7400 bc and 6200 bc, including wall paintings, reliefs, sculptures and other symbolic and artistic features.

Detailed explanation-3: -Çatalhöyük (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃaˈtaɫhœjyc]; also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük; from Turkish çatal “fork” + höyük “tumulus") is a tell of a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7500 BC to 6400 BC, and flourished around 7000 BC.

Detailed explanation-4: -Çatalhöyük (ʧɑtɑl højyk also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the above without diacritics) was a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, a province in central Turkey, dating from around 7500 B.C.E. for the lowest layers.

Detailed explanation-5: -Excavations (1961–65) by the British archaeologist James Mellaart have shown that Anatolia in Neolithic times was the centre of an advanced culture. The earliest building period at Çatalhüyük is tentatively dated to about 6700 bc and the latest to about 5650 bc.