(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–�vre 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

de:9. Jahrtausend v. Chr. es:IX milenio adC fr:IXe mill�naire av. J.-C. ru: 9 тысячелетие до н.э. hu:9. �vezred i.e. nl:9e millennium v. Chr. pl:IX tysiąclecie p.n.e. ur:8000مقم