8th millennium BC - Definition and Overview

(9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – 7th millennium BC – other millennia)

Events

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

• Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Nevali Cori in present-day Turkey are established.
• Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
• Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Akure in present-day southwest Nigeria are established.
• Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Øvre Eiker and Nedre Eiker in present-day Buskerud, Norway are established.
• Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Ærø, Denmark are established.
• Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Deepcar near present-day Sheffield, England are established.
• Circa 8000 BC–Glaciers form the rock formation in present-day New Hampshire commonly known as the "Old Man of the Mountain."
• Circa 7640 BC–Date theorized for impact of Tollmann's hypothetical bolide with Earth and associated global cataclysm.
• Circa 7600 BC–Britain's oldest house at Howick in Northumberland .
• Circa 7500 BC–Settlements at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross, Scotland are constructed.
• Circa 7500 BC–Çatalhöyük, a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, is founded.
• Circa 7500 BC–Cattle Period begins in the Sahara.
• 7193 BC–According to Korean legend, an alliance of northern Altaic tribes under a "Huan" (Hun) ruler predates the establishment of China.
• 7000 BC–The earliest possible rise of the Punjab culture, a precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• The Chalcolithic period (Copper Age); rise of agriculture.
• 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

Cultural landmarks

• Circa 7500 BC–Howick house in Northumberland, England is constructed.