World Highlights in history 4000 ~ 6000 BC

Highlights in history 4000 ~ 6000 BC

Europe : Farming Spreads widely in Europe c. 5200
First ships appear on Mediterranean c. 5000
Plough first used in south-east Europe c. 4500
Chamber tombs built in France c. 4500
First metal objects, in gold and copper c. 5000
Pottery and caved figurines in Balkans c. 5000

Asia : Catal Huyuk, Anatolia, a town of 5000 people c. 6000
First farming in India c. 6000
Domesticated plants, animals in China c. 6000
Wet-field rice in China c. 5000
Earliest pottery made in China c. 6000
Word's first temple at Eridu, Sumer c. 4500

Americas : Peanuts and beans grown in Peru c. 6000
Maize grown in Tehuacán Valley, Mexico c. 5000
Ceremonial Platforms built in Aspero, Peru c. 4000

Africa : Cattle herding in still-fertile Sahara c. 5000
Farming begins in Egypt c.5000
Pottery and linen made in Egypt c. 5000

The Vinca, Early farmers in the Balkans, model stylised cult figures out of clay