9th millennium BC - Definition and Overview

(10th millennium BC – 9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – other millennia)

Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holocene epoch.

Events

• Circa 9000 BC–Settling on Mediterranean isles started
• Circa 8700 BC–8400 BC–Star Carr site in Yorkshire, Britain inhabited by Maglemosian peoples
• Circa 8500 BC–Neolithic hunters camp at Cramond, Prehistoric Scotland
• Circa 8350 BC–Neolithic settlement at Jericho
• Circa 8300 BC–Nomadic hunters arrive in England
• Circa 8000 BC–Øvre Eiker of Norway inhabited

Inventions and discoveries

• Agriculture in Mesopotamia
• Invention of the bow and arrow
• Domestication of the pig in China
• Domestication of sheep and goats in the Middle East

Cultural landmarks