5th millennium BC

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(6th millennium BC – 5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – other millennia)

Contents

1 Events 2 Cultures 3 Periods 4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Events

• 4713 BC – The epoch (origin) of the Julian Period described by Joseph Justus Scaliger occurred on January 1, the astronomical Julian day number zero.
• 4004 BC – The universe is created at nightfall preceding October 23 according to the chronology of Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh.

Cultures

• c. 4800 - 4600 BC; Monumental temples are built by the oldest known civilization of Europe
• c. 4500 BC – Civilization of Susa and Kish in Mesopotamia
• Cucuteni culture

Periods

• c. 4570–4250 BC – Merimde culture on the Nile
• c. 4400–4000 BC – Badari culture on the Nile

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Possible introduction of writing. Tartaria tablets in the lower Danube Valley date from around 5000 BC.
• c. 4500 BC – Introduction of the plough in Europe
• Domestication of the Water Buffalo in Chinada:5. årtusinde f.Kr.es:V milenio adC

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