6th millennium BC

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Millennia: 7th millennium BC - 6th millennium BC - 5th millennium BC

During the 6th millennium BC, agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. World population is essentially stable at ca. 5 million people.

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Events

c. 5760 BC – The volcano Puy-de-Dôme erupts.
c. 5600 BC – Beginning of the desertification of north Africa, which ultimately lead to the creation of the Sahara desert. 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.
c. 5600 BC – The Red Paint People become established in the region from present-day Labrador to New York state
c. 5450 BC – Volcano Hekla eruption
c. 5400 BC – Irrigation in Mesopotamia.
c. 5200 BC – Beginning of human inhabitation and settlements in Malta.
the Byzantine Greek Calendar dates creation to 1 September 5509 BC.

c. 6000 BC – Ice age (present today) starts. Antarctica's (full) coastline was covered with ice.
c. 5600 BC – According to the Black Sea deluge theory, the Black Sea floods with salt water. 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.

Agriculture appears in the valley of the Nile
Rice cultivated in Asia
Plough invented
Bricks are created for the first time in Persia.
Wine is created for the first time in Persia.
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)

c. 5700 BC – Samarran Culture at Mesopotamia (present day Iraq) begins (ca 5700–4900 BC C-14, 6640-5816 BC [calBC]).
c. 5500 BC – pottery at Mehrgarh in South Asia
5100s BC – Temples founded in South Mesopotamia
Mediterranean Old European cultures

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