8th millennium BC

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:9th millennium BC - 8th millennium BC - 7th millennium BC
In the 8th millennium BC, agriculture becomes widely practiced in the Fertile Crescent and Anatolia. Pottery becomes widespread (with independent development in Central America) and animal husbandry (pastoralism) spreads to Africa and Eurasia. World population is approximately 5 million.

Events

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The south area of Çatalhöyük. An archaeological dig is in progress.

Environmental changes

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • Rise of agriculture.
  • Bladed tools found in southwest Iran date from around 8000 BC. They were made from Obsidian which had been transported from Anatolia. [2]
  • Potatoes and beans are cultivated in South America
  • Beginning of rice cultivation in East Asia
  • Domestication of the cat and Bos aegyptiacus ox in Ancient Egypt
  • Domestication of sheep in Southwest Asia
  • Huts, hearths, granaries, and nonportable stone tools for grinding grains Africa
  • Catal Huyuk, men wear animals skins, plus hats of the same material Asia
  • Houses, kilns, pottery, turquoise carvings, tools made from stone and bone, and bone flutes China
  • City located in Anatolia, or modern day Turkey where a number of artifacts appear to support evidence for the widespread practice of Goddess worship
  • Clay and plaster are molded to form statues at Jericho and cAin Ghazal Mediterranean
  • First evidence of incised "counting tokens" about 9,000 years ago in the Neolithic fertile crescent. Asia
  • Japanese potters begin to decorate pottery cooking vessels Japan
  • Simple pottery traditions sometimes with cord impressions or other decorative markings Korea
  • Agriculture in New Guinea Australia
  • Evidence of wheat, barley, sheep, goats, and pigs suggests that a food-producing economy is adopted in Aegean Greece
  • Franchthi Cave in the Argolid, Greece, attests to the earliest deliberate burials in Greece
  • North Sea: North Sea bottoms are largely dry land before this period. England
  • Archaic Period; Native Americans move seasonally around Vermont to live, hunt, gather, and fish
  • Pottery making, burial mound construction, and garden technology Mexico
  • In the valley of Mexico, chili peppers and "grain" (amaranth & maize) are grown.
  • Glacial activity creates Champlain Sea; Paleo-Indians explore and hunt in Vermont
  • World — Between 12,000 BC and 5,000 BC it appears that massive inland flooding was taking place in several regions of the world, making for subsequent sea level rises which could be relatively abrupt for many worldwide
  • Northern Europe — Women supposedly evolved blonde ("blond" for males) hair and blue eyes to allure or attract scarce population of males due to conditions in the north (The Sunday Times, 26 February 2006)

Cultural landmarks

References

1. ^ an average of figures from different sources as listed at the US Census Bureau's Historical Estimates of World Population
2. ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.


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Fertile Crescent is a historical crescent-shape region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Ancient Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt. The term "Fertile Crescent" was coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted.
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Pottery is the ceramic ware made by potters. In everyday usage the term is taken to encompass a wide range of ceramics, including earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The places where such wares are made are called potteries.
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Central America (Spanish: Centroamérica or América Central) is a central geographic region of the Americas. It is variably defined either as the southern portion of North America, which connects with South America on the southeast, or a region of
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