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    The 5th millennium BC spanned the years (5000 BC - 4001 BC) (c. 7 ka to c. 6 ka), that is, inclusive of 5000 BC but exclusive of 4000 BC. It is impossible...
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  • The 6th millennium BC spanned the years 6000 BC to 5001 BC (c. 8 ka to c. 7 ka). It is impossible to precisely date events that happened around the time...
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    1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy:...
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  • The 11th millennium BC spanned the years 11,000 BC to 10,001 BC (c. 13 ka to c. 12 ka or 12,950 BP to 11,951 BP). This millennium is during the ending...
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    5th millennium BC) Stroke-ornamented ware culture (5th millennium BC) Dimini culture (Greece, 5th to 4th millennium BC) Cerny culture (France, 5th millennium...
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    The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC. Some of the major changes in human culture during this time included the beginning of the Bronze...
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    The 3rd millennium BC spanned the years 3000 to 2001 BC. This period of time corresponds to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, characterized by the early...
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    The 8th millennium BC spanned the years 8000 BC to 7001 BC (c. 10 ka to c. 9 ka). In chronological terms, it is the second full millennium of the current...
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    earliest known period of two-humped camel domestication in the third millennium B.C.—Note that Bulliet has many more references to early use of camels near...
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  • articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000. 0s BC is not a true decade, as it contains only nine years...
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    the Archaic period in North America, taken to last from around 8000 to 1000 BC in the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages, is a period...
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    begin around the mid-5th millennium BC, and ends with the beginning of the Bronze Age proper, in the late 4th to 3rd millennium BC, depending on the region...
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  • decade, century, millennium in the 5th millennium CE 4000s BCE, a decade, century, millennium in the 5th millennium BC 4000 Hipparchus, an asteroid in the...
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    Varna culture (category 5th-millennium BC establishments)
    2023). From the 5th millennium BC to the 10th century AD". Henrieta Todorova, The eneolithic period in Bulgaria in the fifth millennium B.C. Oxford : British...
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  • seventh millennium BC, possibly around 6300 BC. However, evidence of settlement in the wider Barada basin dating back to 9000 BC exists. 6000 BC - 5000 BC: The...
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  • covered about the same period, beginning in the late 5th millennium BC and lasting for about a millennium before it gave rise to the Early Bronze Age. A study...
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    of cities, were the largest settlements in Europe, dating to the 5th millennium BC. The population of the culture at its peak may have reached or exceeded...
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    Saint-Michel tumulus (category Buildings and structures completed in the 5th millennium BC)
    mound in continental Europe. The tumulus was built during the fifth millennium BC. It consists of a mound of earth and stones 125 metres (410 ft) long...
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    after Hernando Cortés's conquest of the region. In the Ubaid in the 5th millennium BC, blades were manufactured from obsidian extracted from outcrops located...
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    necropolis (middle of the 5th millennium BC). The bow drill was used to drill holes into carnelian in Mehrgarh in the 4th–5th millennium BC. Carnelian was recovered...
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    Callaïs objects have been found in Neolithic tombs from the mid-5th millennium BC in the Carnac region of western France. Callaïs deposits are thought...
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    Vinča culture (category 5th millennium BC)
    archaeological culture of Southeast Europe, dated to the period 5400–4500 BC. It is named for its type site, Vinča-Belo Brdo, a large tell settlement discovered...
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    situation worsening in southern Mesopotamia for periods prior to the 4th millennium BC. Geological conditions meant that most of the remains were buried under...
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  • 5th millennium CE, an exceptional common year starting on Wednesday 5000 BCE, a year in the 5th millennium BC 5000s AD, a decade, century, millennium...
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    Gumelnița culture (category 5th-millennium BC establishments)
    The Gumelniţa culture was a Chalcolithic culture of the 5th millennium BC (c. 4700–4000 BC), named after the Gumelniţa site on the left (Romanian) bank...
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  • Harappa ancient city built. 5th millennium BC – (5000–3000 BC) Yangshao culture in China. 6th millennium BC – (6000–2000 BC) Emergence of wooden frames...
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  • Tenerian culture (category 5th-millennium BC establishments)
    culture is a prehistoric industry that existed between the 5th millennium BC and mid-3rd millennium BC in the Sahara Desert. This spans the Neolithic Subpluvial...
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    Samarra culture (category 5th-millennium BC disestablishments)
    (Pottery) Nanzhuangtou (8500–8000 BC) 7000 Egyptian Neolithic Nabta Playa (7500 BC) Çatalhöyük (7500–5500) Hacilar (7000 BC) Tell Sabi Abyad Bouqras Jarmo...
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    Fat Lady of Saliagos (category 5th-millennium BC works)
    The Fat Lady of Saliagos (also known as The Naked Lady of Saliagos) is a marble figure from the Aegean Neolithic period from Saliagos between Paros and...
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    Tell Leilan (category Populated places established in the 5th millennium BC)
    northeastern Syria. The site has been occupied since the 5th millennium BC. During the late third millennium, the site was known as Shekhna. During that time...
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