World Highlights in history 8000 ~ 10,000BC

Highlights in history 8000 ~ 10,000BC

Europe : Ice recedes: hunter-gatherers colonise N.Europe c. 10,000.
First settlement of islands in Mediterranean c.9000

Asia : Food plants grown in fertile crescent c. 10,000.
Peas, beans, water chestnuts grown in Thailand c.9750
Sheep domesticated in fertile crescent c. 8500.
First pottery made in Japan c. 10,000

Americas : Hunter-gatherers, in nomadic groups c. 10,000 (-7000) .
First experiments with farming in Andes c.8500.

Africa : Hunter-gatherers, in nomadic groups c. 10,000
Stones used to rub husks off grain, Egypt c. 9000 .
Nile burials show evidence of wounds and war c. 9000

As the ice-sheets retreat, wild bees yield honey for the early groups of hunter-gatherers