7000 BC - Definition and Overview
(
8th millennium BC
–
7th millennium BC
–
6th millennium BC
–
other millennia
)
Events
circa 7000 BC – Agriculture and settlement at
Mehrgarh
in
South Asia
circa 6500 BC –
English Channel
formed
circa 6100 BC – The
Storegga Slide
, causing a
megatsunami
in the
Norwegian Sea
circa 6000 BC –
Neolithic Age
in
Korea
circa 6000 BC – First traces of habitation of the
Svarthola
cave in Norway
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
Agriculture
appears in
Europe
(
Greece
,
Italy
)
Beekeeping
is first recorded. Rock paintings on cave walls in
Africa
and eastern
Spain
show people gathering
honey
from trees or rock crevices while bees fly around them - cave drawings in Spain, near
Valencia
.
Pastoralism
and cultivation of
cereals
(East
Sahara
)
First
pottery
in
Mesopotamia
Gold
and native
copper
begin to be used
Domestication of the
cow
in the Middle East
Cultural landmarks
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