8th millennium BC

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

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Events:

• circa 7500 BC – Çatalhöyük founded
• 7193 BC – According to Korean legend, an alliance of northern Altaic tribes under a "Huan" (see Huns) ruler pre-dates the establishment of China.
• circa 7000 BC – The beginnings of the Indus valley civilization. See also Punjab and History of the Punjab

Inventions/Introductions

• Potatoes and beans are cultivated in South America
• Beginning of rice cultivation in East Asia
• Domestication of the cat in Egypt
• Domestication of sheep in southwestern Asia