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Approximately 8,000 years ago (c. 6000 BC), a massive volcanic landslide off Mount Etna, Sicily, caused a megatsunami that devastated the eastern Mediterranean coastline on the continents of Asia, Africa and Europe.
- 7th Millennium BC
The 7th millennium BC spanned the years 7000 BC to 6001 BC...
- 5th Millennium BC
World map in 5000 BCE. The 5th millennium BC spanned the...
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This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9...
- 6th century BC
The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and...
- 1st Millennium BC
The first millennium BC is the formative period of the...
- 7th Millennium BC
The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000.
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
The 6th century BC started on the first day of 600 BC and ended on the last day of 501 BC. In Western Asia, the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against Assyrian rule.
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- The Steppe
Neolithic culture and technology were established in the Near East by 7000 BC and there is increasing evidence through the millennium of its spread or introduction to Europe and the Far East. In most of the world, however, including north and western Europe, people still lived in scattered Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer communities. The Mehrgarh chal...
Neolithic culture and technology reached modern Turkey and Greece c. 7000 BC; and Crete about the same time. The innovations, including the introduction of farming, spread from the Middle East through Turkey and Egypt. There is evidence of domesticated sheep or goats, pigs, and cattle, together with grains of cultivated bread wheat. The domesticati...
The Ubaid period (c. 6500–3800 BC) began in Mesopotamia, its name derived from Tell al-'Ubaidwhere the first significant excavation took place. By the end of this millennium, Jericho had become a large agricultural settlement with some eight to ten acres within its walls. Kathleen Kenyonreckoned that it was home to about three thousand people. Cons...
“Sheep and goats were domesticated in South West Asia, probably in the region of eastern Anatolia and northern Syria between 8000 and 7500 BC, and were part of the agricultural package that was transmitted to Greece and the Balkans during the pioneering movements in the seventh millennium. From there the herding of domesticated sheep and goats was ...
The first millennium BC is the formative period of the classical world religions, with the development of early Judaism and Zoroastrianism in the Near East, and Vedic religion and Vedanta, Jainism and Buddhism in India.
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Jan 17, 2023 · The 6th millennium BC is commonly called: 8000 BP or 8k years ago. Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. 60th century BC (2 C) 57th century BC (1 F) 55th century BC (1 C) 54th century BC (1 C) 53rd century BC (3 C) 52nd century BC (2 C) * 6th millennium BC in Africa (2 C)
