7th millennium BC
(
8th millennium BC
–
7th millennium BC
–
6th millennium BC
–
other millennia
)
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Events
Agriculture
appears in
Europe
(
Greece
,
Italy
)
Pastoralism and cultivation of
cereals
(East
Sahara
)
First
pottery
in
Mesopotamia
Gold
and native
copper
begin to be used
circa 7000 BC – Agriculture and settlement at
Mehrgarh
in
South Asia
circa 6500 BC –
English Channel
formed
circa 6000 BC – Neolithic Age in Korea
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Inventions/Introductions
Domestication of the
cow
in the Middle East
