6,700 BC to 5,000 BC

6,500 BC: The neolithic town of Catal Huyuk had rectangular rooms with windows, a design of lasting appeal. 
~ 200 AD: USA: The San Diegito-Pinto tradition and Chihuahua tradition flourished in the southwest.

~ Ireland: Many Mesolithic sites on the Island dating to this time.
 
6,400 BC, Sun : Historical grand minima solar.
 
6,220 BC, Sun: Historical  grand minima solar.
 
6,000 BC: Middle Holocene.
~ to 4,000 BC: Permanent settlement in N.A. accelerated for 2,000 years. 
~ Chaldean texts discovered dating to this time. Found in the temple of Nippur, Mesopotamia
~ Opium used by people in lower Mesopotamia.
~ Ireland: Nemed there(?)
~ USA: Ancestors of Penutian-speaking people settle in the Northwestern Plateau.
~ Nomadic hunting bands roamed sub arctic Alaska following herds of caribou and other game animals.
~ Aleuts begin to arrive in the Alutian islands.
~ to 4,000 BC: North America: (Fagan) permanent settlements accelerated for 2,000 years.
15,700 BC to 14,200 BC: Extinction event resulting in less  Mega-fauna.
 
5,900 BC: Cyprus: The neolithic town of Khirokitia had paved paved public street with lanes leading off to courtyards of round tent-like houses.

5,990 BC, Sun: Historical grand minima solar.
 
5,800 BC: Pottery if this date survived in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk. Fragments of woven cloth survived at the site because they were carbonized in a fire.
~ Human groups adapted to the conditions of what is now northern Canada and Greenland, living mainly as hunters of marine mammals.
 

5,710 BC, Sun: Historical solar grand minima.

5,700 BC: U.S.A.: Cataclysmic eruption of Mount Mazama in what is now Oregon.

5,620 BC, Sun: Historical solar grand minima.
 
5,600 BC: Lebanon: From this date Lebanon is mentioned in the Sumerian tablets and in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It was the center of the Canaanite city states. Byblos kept records of dealing with Lebanon. The Bible contains references to Canaan Lebanon.

5,500 BC, Ireland: Before this time Mesolithic builders were building with stone inthe Boyne Valley.

5,500 BC, US: About this time natives of the Pacific northwest began to rely on salmon runs. 

5,400 BC to 500 BC: Lifespan of the state of Eridu. The city of Eridu was founded earlier and has been called Sumeria's first city.

5,300 BC: Dated stone tablet with pictographic writing found in Kish, Mesopotamia.
~  Irrigation farming began in the Fertile Crescent began prior to this date.
~ to 500 AD: Native Americans took native copper to make tools, weapons, and art in  what is now the northwest of the Great Lakes region of N.A. After 5,000 BC the Old Copper Culture traded widely.
15,700 BC to 14,200 BC: Extinction event resulting in less  Mega-fauna.

5,000 BC: Opium used by people in lower Mesopotamia.
~ Squash and chile cultivated in the Tehuacan valley of what is now modern Mexico may be the first plants cultivated in the Americas.
~ Kame grave users north of the Ohio River were transitioning to man mad burial mounds. They were also traveling the waters in birchbark and dugout canoes.
~ Fagan informs us that in North America basketry and netting is used as well as a wide variety of stone tools. People ate a varied diet of plants and animals. Hickory nuts appear to have been vital and acorns were eaten.
~ The Maritime Archaic Period begins at this time and continues into the 18th century in Newfoundland, eastern Canada, northern New England and beyond. It can be associated with Red Ocher tradition including burials. It may reach northern Europe.
~ Maritime Archaic culture people practiced codfish and swordfish deep sea fishing 7,000 years ago. They engaged in long distance trade of white chert, hunted sea mammals in subarctic areas, had long house settlements and used boat topped temporary housing,
~ Hypsithermal Interval: a warming period within the Holocene Epoch.

~ 6th century, Ireland: There was probably a significant comet event. Is there evidence for Scotts leaving Ireland about that time?

 6,700 BC: to 5,000 BC:

6,500 BC to 200 AD: The San Diegito-Pinto tradition and Chihuahua tradition flourished in the southwest o6,400 BC: Historical grand solar minima continues.

~ The neolithic town of Catal Huyuk has rectangular rooms with windows, a design with lasting appeal.

 

6,400 BC: Historical grand solar minima continues.

6,220 BC: Historical grand solar minima continues.

6,200 BC: Climate cooling event was in process.

6,000 BC: Middle Holocene.

6,000 BC: Middle Holocene.

~ Opium used by people in Lower Mesopotamia.

~ Chaldean  texts discovered dating to this time. They were found in the temple of Nippur, Mesopotamia.

~ 6,000 BC to 4000 BC: Permanent settlement in North America accelerated for 2,000 years (Fagan) 

~ to 5,000 BC: The end of global de-glaciation which followed the last Global Maximum

~ to 5,000 BC: Sea level rose about 100 meters.

~ Nemed in Ireland, it has been said.

~ Middle Holocene

~ to 4,000 BC: Permanent settlement in North America accelerated for 2,000 years. (Fagan)

~ Ancestors of Penutian-speaking peoples settled in the northwestern plateau of what is now the US.

~ Nomadic hunting bands roamed subarctic Alaska following herds of caribou and other game animals.

~ Aleuts began to arrive in the Aleutian Islands.

~ to 4,000 BC: An acceleration of permanent settlements in N.A. lasted for 2,000 years.

 

5,900 BC: The Neolithic town of Khirokitia in Cyprus  had a paved street public street with lanes leading off to courtyards of round tent-like houses.

5,990 BC: Historical solar grand minima.

5,980 BC: Grapes used for wine making.

5,900 BC: Humans were settled in Malta.

5,900 BC: The Neolithic town of Khirokitia in Cyprus  had a paved street public street with lanes leading off to courtyards of round tent-like houses.

5,800 BC, Turkey: Pottery of this date survived in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk. Fragments of cloth survive because they are carbonized in a fire.

~ North America: Human group adapt to conditions of northern Canada and then Greenland.

5,700 BC, North America: Cataclysmic eruption of Mount Mazama in what is now Oregon, USA.

5,600 BC, Lebanon: From this date Lebanon is mentioned in Sumerian tablets and in the Epic of Gilgamesh. It was the center of the Canaanite City States. Byblos kept records of dealing with Lebanon. The Bible contains references to Canaan Lebanon. 

 

 

5,500 BC: Evidence of cheese making in Poland.

~ In 1975 AD at artificial  mound in Labrador, Fidel found a bird bone whistle along with socketed bone points and much more. In that same year a body was found in the mound face down. Walrus tusk and large quartzite knives were also found in the same mound dated to this time.

~ to 500 AD, North America: Oshara Tradition, a Southwest Archaic Tradition, arises in north-central Mexico, the san Juan Basin, the Rio Grand Valley in Southern Colorado, and southeastern Utah, US.

5,450 BC: Carbon 14 content in tree ring seem to be due to above normal solar activity.

5,400 BC: The city of Eridu founded and called Sumeria's first city. It did not end until about 500 BC. The state of Eridu was started. It ended about 500 BC. The city of Eridu founded and called Sumatra's first city.

 

 

 

 

5,300 BC: Dated stone tablet with pictographic writing, found in Kish, Mesopotamia. 

~ Irrigation farming in Fertile Crescent prior to this date.

~ to 500 AD: Native Americans took native copper to make tools, weapons, and art in what is now north west Great Lakes region. From the earliest days, the Old Copper Culture traded widely.

~ Shortly after this date Sumerians were active.

 

5,200 BC: First recorded pottery in Finland starts with Comb Ceramic culture.

 

 

5,000 BC: After this date the Sumerians were making their mark in the Fertile Crescent  and greatly affecting the Akkadians and Egyptians.

~ Irrigation farming began in the fertile crescent prior to this date.

~ Girsi began as a Copper Age state about this time and ended about 2,100 BC.

~ Village and farm communities existed along the Hwang-ho in China.

~ to 4,000 BC: Near East: Painted pottery made on slow wheels. More and more massive mud-brick temples were constructed at the site of Eridu.

~ North America: Kame grave users north of the Ohio river were transitioning to man-made burial mounds. They were also traveling the waters in in birch-bark and dugout canoes and making beads of native copper.

~ The state of Bad-tibira was started and ended about 2,300 BC.

~ Mari started as a copper using state and ended in 1759 BC.

~ Cultivation of food crops began in Mesopotamia.

~ Native Americans in the Pacific northwest from Alaska to California develop a fishing economy, salmon as a staple. They also worked and traded large circular copper objects.

~ to about 500 AD North America: The Old Copper Culture of the Great Lakes area hammers the metal into various tools. ornaments, etc. Native Americans took native copper to make art, weapons, and tools in the Great Lakes region. This Old Copper Culture traded widely. Copper smelted around Isle Royal on Lake Michigan!! Copper was mined at this time. Rich native copper was probably collected there even earlier. On Isle Royal a pictograph of a ship which looks very capable of a sea voyage has been found and recorded.

~ Nasty, near devastating, traumatic events occur around this time!!!!!!!!

~ North America: Squash and chile are the first plants cultivated in NA. They were cultivated in Tehuacan valley of what is now Mexico.

~ Fomorians in and around Ireland~.

~ to 3,00o BC, North America: There was a 2,000 year decline in population (Fagan)

~ Sumerians arrive in Mesopotamia.

5,000 BC: Kame grave users north of the Ohio River were transitioning to man made burial mounds. They were also traveling the waters in birch-bark and dugout canoes and making beads of native copper.

~ Irrigation farming began in the Fertile Crescent prior to this date.

~ North America:  Kame grave users north of the Ohio River were transitioning to man-made burial mounds. They were also traveling the waters in dugout and birchbark canoes, and making  beads of native copper.

~ North America: Increase in mean annual temperature and decrease in rainfall in the Mississippi valley.

~ Ireland: Evidence of land clearance for agriculture has been found for this date in the southwest of the island.

~ to 4000 BC: Painted pottery made on slow wheels. More and more mud brick temples constructed at the site of  Eridu.

~ China: Village farm communities along the Wang-ho River are in evidence.

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5,000 BC: Or 7,000 BP, may be the time of the flood Noah informs us of. Pretty recent as these things go. There does seem to have been a nasty event around this time.

~ to 2,300 BC: Duration of the state of Bad-tibira.

~ to 1,759 BC: Mari lasted as a copper using state.

~ to 2,100 BC: Girsi began as a Copper Age state and ended.

~ North American peoples made and used basketry and netting as well as a variety of stone tools. Ate a variety of plants and animals. Ate some acorn. Hickory nuts seemed vital where available.

~ Maritime Archaic Period (and lasts until the 18th ? century)in Newfoundland, eastern Canada, northern New England, and more. Has been associated with Red Ocher cultural burials.

~ Maritime Archaic culture people practiced deep sea fishing of codfish, swordfish 7000 years ago. They hunted sea mammals in subarctic areas. They engaged in long distance trade of white chert. Had longhouse settlements and used boat-topped temporary housing.

~ to 2,500 BC: Hypsithermal Interval,  a warming period within the Holocene epoch.  

~ to 2450 BC: Nippur also began as a Copper Age state at about this time.

~ Sri Lanka: There is substantial evidence that the island had a land link to India at this time.

~ to about 3200 BC, Egypt: Predynastic Upper Egypt began as a Copper Age state and came to an end as noted above.

~ North America: This date marks the Mid-Archaic period on the continent.

            

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