The first year of the ancient Egyptian calendar commences
The ancient Egyptian calendar was a solar calendar with a 365-day year.
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The ancient Egyptian calendar was a solar calendar with a 365-day year.
The first year of the ancient Egyptian calendar commences Read more
A plow is a tool or farm implement used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil.
Humans invent the plow Read more
Irrigation was used as a means of manipulation of water in the alluvial plains of the Indus valley civilization, the application of it is estimated to have begun around 4500 B.C.E. and drastically increased the size and prosperity of their agricultural settlements.
Humans of the Indus Valley civilization invented irrigation Read more
The so-called Varna Necropolis is a burial site from 4569-4340 B.C.E. and is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.
Beer is one of the oldest beverages humans have produced, dating back to at least the 5th millenium B.C.E. in Iran, and recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and was spread throughout world.
First beer is brewed in Iran Read more
The majority of Cucuteni–Trypillia settlements consisted of high-density, small settlements, concentrated mainly in the Siret, Prut and Dniester river valleys.
The Cucuteni–Trypillia culture flourishes in modern-day Moldova, Ukraine, and Romania Read more
The first known permanent settlement of the area began with the Linear Pottery Culture, around 5000 B.C.E. in the Neolithic era. About 200 B.C.E., the Celtic Boii tribe founded the first significant settlement, a fortified town known as an oppidum.
Humans of the Linear Pottery Culture settle the site of modern-day Bratislava Read more
Wooden oars, with canoe-shaped pottery, dating from 5000-4500 B.C.E. have been discovered in a Hemudu culture site at Yuyao, Zhejiang, in modern China.
Humans of the Hemudu Culture in ancient China invent rowing oars Read more
Pottery found by archaeologists at the Skorba Temples resembles that found in Italy, and suggests that the Maltese islands were first settled in 5200 B.C.E. mainly by Stone Age hunters or farmers who had arrived from the Italian island of Sicily, possibly the Sicani.
Humans discover and settle Malta Read more
The Vinča symbols are a set of symbols found on Neolithic era artifacts from the Vinča culture of Southeastern Europe. The nature and purpose of the symbols is a mystery.
The Vinča culture in modern-day Southeastern Europe creates the “Vinča symbols” Read more