During the 6th millennium BC, agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum During the 7th millennium BC, Agriculture spreads from Anatolia to the Balkans. The 5th millennium BC saw the spread of Agriculture from the Near East throughout southern and central Europe Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Eastern Europe is a general term that refers to the Geopolitical region encompassing the easternmost part of the European continent. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. World population is essentially stable at ca. The world population is the total number of living Humans on Earth at a given time 5 million people.

Events

Black Sea today (light blue) and in 5600 BC (dark blue) according to Ryan's and Pitman's theories, versions of the Black Sea deluge theory

• c. The Black Sea deluge is a hypothesized Prehistoric Flood that occurred when the Black Sea filled rapidly 6000 BC — Mehrgarh Neolithic culture in current-day Baluchistan, Pakistan at its height. Mehrgarh, ( Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رگڑھ) one of the most important Neolithic (7000 BC to 3200 BC sites in Archaeology, lies on what The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos Balochistan, or Baluchistan, Pashto, ( Balochi, Hazara, Brahui, Sindhi, Urdu: بلوچستان Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• c. 6000 BC — Climatic or Thermal Maximum, the warmest period in 125,000 years, with minimal glaciation and highest sea levels. Climate encompasses the temperatures humidity rainfall atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorogical factors in a given region over long periods of "Glacial" and "Glaciation" redirect here For the geological periods see Glacial period. Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface (McEvedy)
• c. 6000 BC — 53 clay figurines, stone tools and agriculture in 24 settlements of the "Four-lakes" culture in the region surrounded by the lakes Vegoritida, Heimaditida, Petron and Zazari between the towns of Kozani and Florina west of Thessaloniki, Greece. Vegoritida (Βεγορίτιδα is a municipality in the Pella Prefecture, Greece. Kozani (Κοζάνη is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani Prefecture and of West Macedonia Periphery. Flórina (Φλώρινα local Slavic: Лерин Lerin; known also by several alternative names) is a town in mountainous northwestern Macedonia Thessaloniki (Θεσσαλονίκη), Thessalonica, or Salonica is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (4/3/07)
• c. 6000 BC — The Copper Age comes to the Fertile Crescent. The Chalcolithic (Greek khalkos + lithos ' Copper stone' period or Copper Age period known as the '''Eneolithic''' ('''Æneolithic''' is a The Fertile Crescent is a Crescent -shaped region in the Middle East, originally incorporating the Levant and Ancient Mesopotamia, and often (Roux 1980) First use of copper in Middle East. Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 (Bailey 1973)
• c. 6000 BC — Saharan black pastoral culture <t. 2700 BC>. (1968 Almanac)
• c. 6000 BC — Fully Neolithic agriculture has spread through Anatolia to the Balkans. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black (1967 McEvedy)
• c. 6000 BC — Beginning of Neolithic Yangshao culture in south-central China <t. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos The Yangshao culture ( was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China. China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National 1500 BC>. Somewhere in this expanse of time, they invent the earliest pictographs of Chinese writing. A pictogram ( also spelled pictogramme) or pictograph is a Symbol representing a Concept, object, activity place or event Written Chinese comprises the written symbols used to represent Spoken Chinese and the rules about how they are arranged and punctuated (Atlas of China, 1983)
• c. 6000 BC — Equids disappear from the Americas. Equidae is the family of horse-like animals which belong to the order Perissodactyla. The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, consisting of the Continents of North America and South America
• c. 6000 BC — Junglefowl kept in India. Junglefowl are a group of four living Species of Bird in the Pheasant family which occur in India, Sri Lanka and Southeast
• c. 5900 BC — Prehistoric Vinca culture emerges in today's Belgrade. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" The Vinča culture was an early culture of Europe (between the 6th and the 3rd millennium BC stretching around the course of Danube in what today is Serbia Belgrade (Београд Beograd is the Capital and largest city of Serbia.
• c. 5800 BC — Beginning of the Dadiwan culture in China. The Dadiwan culture ( Chinese: 大地灣文化 5800 - 5400 BC) was a Neolithic culture found primarily in Gansu and western Shaanxi China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National
• c. 5800 BC — The Hassuna Period in Mesopotamia <t. Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding 5500 BC>, with the earliest version of stamp-seals. (Roux 1980)
• c. 5760 BC — The volcano Puy-de-Dôme in France erupts. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Puy-de-Dôme (Puèi Domat Puèi de Doma is a large Lava dome and one of the youngest Volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• c. 5700 BC — Cataclysmic volcanic explosion of 12,000-foot (3,700 m) high Mount Mazama creates Oregon's Crater Lake ^[1][2] when the resulting caldera fills with water. Mount Mazama is a destroyed Stratovolcano in the Oregon part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and the Cascade Range. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Crater Lake is a Caldera Lake located in the US state of Oregon. With a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7, it remains the largest single Holocene eruption in history of the Cascade Range.
• c. 5600 BC — Beginning of the desertification of North Africa, which ultimately lead to the creation of the Sahara desert. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى aṣ-ṣaḥrā´ al-kubra, "The Great Desert" is the world's largest hot Desert and the world's second largest It's possible this process pushed some natives into migrating to the region of the Nile in the east, thereby laying the groundwork for the rise of Egyptian civilization. The Nile (النيل, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing River Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now
• c. 5600 BC — The Red Paint People become established in the region from present-day Labrador to New York state. The Red Paint People are a Pre-Columbian culture indigenous to the New England and Atlantic Canada regions of North America. Modern Labrador Just like its island neighbour Newfoundland early settlement in Labrador was tied to the sea as demonstrated by the Montagnais, Innu and New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
• 5509 BC — The Byzantine calendar dates creation to 1 September of this year. The Byzantine calendar was the Calendar officially used by the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire from 988 by Basil II until it was conquered Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
• c. 5500 BC — Beginning of the Xinle culture in China. The Xinle Civilization (新樂文化 ( 5500 - 4800 BC) was a Neolithic culture in northeast China, found primarily around the lower Liao
• c. 5500 BC — Agriculture started in Ancient Egypt. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now
• c. 5500 BC — Predynastic period (Neolithic) starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 4350 BC). The Predynastic Period of Egypt (prior to 3100 BC is traditionally the period between the Early Neolithic and the beginning of the Pharaonic monarchy beginning with King
• c. 5450 BC — Volcano Hekla eruption. Plate tectonics and hotspots Divergent plate boundaries At the Hekla is a Stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland with a height of.
• c. 5400 BC — Beginning of the Zhaobaogou culture in China. The Zhaobaogou culture (趙宝溝文化 ( 5400 - 4500 BC) was a Neolithic culture in northeast China, found primarily in the Luan River
• c. 5400 BC — Irrigation and the beginning of the Sumerian civilization in Southern Iraq. Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops Sumer ( Sumerian: sux-Latn [[Ki (earth ki]]-[[EN (cuneiform en]]-'''ĝir15''', Akkadian: Šumeru; possibly Biblical Shinar For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics.
• c. 5400 BC — Watson Brake mound complex constructed in present-day Louisiana. Watson Brake is an arrangement of human-made Mounds located in the floodplain of the Ouachita River near Monroe in northern Louisiana, United
• c. 5300 BC — Beginning of the Beixin culture in China. The Beixin culture ( 5300 - 4100 BC) was a Neolithic culture in Shandong, China.
• c. 5200 BC — Beginning of human inhabitation and settlements in Malta. Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta is a European Microstate, comprising an Archipelago of three islands
• c. 5000 BC — Beginning of the Hemudu culture in China. The Hemudu culture (河姆渡文化 (5000 BC to 4500 BC was a Neolithic culture that flourished just south of the Hangzhou Bay in Jiangnan in modern
• c. 5000 BC — Beginning of the Daxi culture in China. The Daxi culture (大溪文化 ( 5000 BC - 3000 BC) was a Neolithic culture centered in the Three Gorges region around the middle Yangtze
• c. 5000 BC — Beginning of the Majiabang culture in China. The Majiabang culture (馬家浜文化 was a Neolithic culture that existed at the mouth of the Yangtze River, primarily around the Taihu area and north
• c. 5000 BC — Beginning of the Yangshao culture in China. The Yangshao culture ( was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China.
• c. 5000 BC — Farming reached central and north Europe. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture

Environmental changes

Main article: Atlantic (period)

• c. The term Anthropocene is used by some scientists to describe the most recent period in the Earth 's history The Atlantic in palaeoclimatology was the warmest and most moist Blytt-Sernander period Pollen zone and chronozone of Holocene north Europe. 7000 BC — Beginning the Holocene climatic optimum
• c. The Holocene Climate Optimum was a warm period during roughly the interval 9000 to 5000 years B 5600 BC — According to the Black Sea deluge theory, the Black Sea floods with salt water. The Black Sea deluge is a hypothesized Prehistoric Flood that occurred when the Black Sea filled rapidly The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey Some 3000 cubic miles (12,500 km³) of salt water is added, significantly expanding it and transforming it from a fresh-water landlocked lake into a salt water sea. Seawater is Water from a Sea or Ocean. On average seawater in the world's oceans has a Salinity of about 3

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• c. 6000 BC — Cycladic people started to use a coarse, poor-quality local clay to make a variety of objects. The CYCLADES Packet switching network was an extremely influential French network system in the early 1970s similar to the ARPANET.
• c. 6000 BC — Brick building was taking place at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. A brick is a block of Ceramic material used in Masonry construction laid using mortar. Çatalhöyük (ʧɑtɑl højyk in Turkish also Çatal Höyük and Çatal Hüyük, or any of the three without Diacritics çatal is Turkish Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches ^[3]
• Agriculture appears in the valley of the Nile. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture The Nile (النيل, Ancient Egyptian iteru or Ḥ'pī, Coptic piaro or phiaro) is a major north-flowing River
• Rice cultivated in Asia. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many
• Plough invented. The plough ( American spelling plow; both plaʊ is a Tool used in Farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed
• c. 6000 BC–5000 BC — Wine is created for the first time in Persia. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia
• c. 5000 BC — Agriculture began in the Americas perhaps this early, in complete isolation from the Old World. ^[3]
• Artifacts of stone were supplemented by those of metal, and the crafts of basketry, pottery, weaving (Africa).
• Dead were buried in a fetal position, surrounded by the burial offerings and artifacts, facing west (Africa).
• Decorated, black-topped clay pots and vases; bone and ivory combs, figurines, and tableware, are found in great numbers (Africa).
• Jewelry of all types and materials (Africa).
• Objects began to be made not only with a function, but also with an aesthetic value. (Africa)
• Organized, permanent settlements focused around agriculture. (Africa)

Cultural landmarks

• c. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age was a period in the development of human technology in between the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age and the Neolithic or New Stone Age The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (short PPNA around 9000 BC represents the early Neolithic in the Levantine and upper Mesopotamian region of the Fertile Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB is a division of the Neolithic developed by Dame Kathleen Kenyon during her Archaeological excavations at Jericho The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos The Levant is a geographical term that refers to a large area in Southwest Asia, south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in Tell Halaf ( Akkadian: Guzana; تل حلف, Syria) The Tell (mound of Ubaid (عبيد near Ur in southern Iraq has given its name to the Prehistoric Pottery Neolithic to Chalcolithic Neolithic Europe is the time between roughly from 7000 BC (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) to ca The Vinča culture was an early culture of Europe (between the 6th and the 3rd millennium BC stretching around the course of Danube in what today is Serbia This is a list of Neolithic cultures of China that have been discovered by archaeologists The South Asian Stone Age covers the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in the South Asia. Mehrgarh, ( Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رگڑھ) one of the most important Neolithic (7000 BC to 3200 BC sites in Archaeology, lies on what Paleo-Indians or Paleo-Americans were the ancient peoples of the Americas who were present at the end of the last Ice Age. The Chalcolithic (Greek khalkos + lithos ' Copper stone' period or Copper Age period known as the '''Eneolithic''' ('''Æneolithic''' is a The Uruk period (ca 4000 to 3100 BC existed from the protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the history of Mesopotamia, The Yamna (from Russian / Ukrainian яма "pit" also known as Pit Grave or Ochre Grave culture) is a late copper age /early The Corded Ware culture, alternatively characterized as the Battle Axe culture or Single Grave culture is an enormous European Archaeological horizon that The emergence of Metallurgy in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica occurred relatively late in the region's history with distinctive works of metal apparent in The Neolithic Revolution was the first Agricultural revolution &mdashthe transition from hunting and gathering communities and bands to Agriculture and Animal husbandry, also called Animal science, stockbreeding or simple husbandry, is the agricultural practice of breeding Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware Metallurgy is a domain of Materials science that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their intermetallic compounds, and their A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis facilitating movement or transportation whilst supporting a load ( Mass) or performing labour in machines About 150 arrangements of prehistoric circular ditches are known to archaeologists spread over Germany, Austria and Slovakia and the Czech Republic henge is a prehistoric Architectural structure. In form it is a nearly circular or oval-shaped flat area over 20 Metres (65 feet) in diameter Prehistoric religion is a general term for the religious beliefs and practices of prehistoric peoples The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for 5700 BC — Samarran Culture at Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) begins (ca 5700 BC – 4900 BC C-14, 6640 BC–5816 BC calBC). Sāmarrā ( Arabic, سامَرّاء) is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. Radiocarbon dating is a Radiometric dating method that uses the naturally occurring Radioisotope Carbon-14 (14C to determine the age of
• c. 5500 BC — pottery at Mehrgarh in current-day Baluchistan, Pakistan. Pottery is the Ceramic ware made by potters It also refers to a group of materials that includes Earthenware, Stoneware Mehrgarh, ( Urdu: م‍ﮩ‍رگڑھ) one of the most important Neolithic (7000 BC to 3200 BC sites in Archaeology, lies on what Balochistan, or Baluchistan, Pashto, ( Balochi, Hazara, Brahui, Sindhi, Urdu: بلوچستان Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• c. 5100 BC — Temples founded in South Mesopotamia. A temple (from the Latin word Templum) is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities such as prayer and sacrifice or analogous rites Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding
• Mediterranean Old European cultures. Not to be confused is the term "Old European" as used by Hans Krahe in connection with hydronymy.

References

1. ^ NatGeo 1998 May (was 4401 BC in NatGeo1986-9)
2. ^ Crater Lake. Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of Retrieved on 2006-12-26. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht.
3. ^ ^{a b} Roberts, J: "History of the World. ". Penguin, 1994.