For at least 5,000 years before Christopher Columbus discovered America for the Europeans, the island, which he named Hispaniola, was inhabited by indigenous peoples whom he called “Indians.”
Humans arrive on and settle the island of Hispaniola Read more
The history of the domestication of cotton is very complex and is not known exactly. Several isolated civilizations in both the Old and New World independently domesticated and converted cotton into fabric.
Humans begin cultivating cotton, perhaps in modern-day Mexico Read more
A polished bone implement found at Eva in Tennessee, United States and dated to around 5000 B.C.E. has been construed as a possible sporting device used in a “ring and pin” game.
Humans of ancient Sumer invent belt wrestling Read more
The Longshan also sometimes referred to as the Black Pottery Culture, was a late Neolithic culture in the middle and lower Yellow River valley areas of northern China from about 3000 to 1900 B.C.E.
Longshan culture emerges in modern-day China Read more
Consisting of eight clustered houses, it was occupied from roughly 3180 B.C.E. to about 2500 B.C.E. Europe’s most complete Neolithic village, Skara Brae gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
Skara Brae settlement flourishes in Scotland Read more
Several archaeological sites have been discovered in Beirut, revealing flint tools of sequential periods dating from the Middle Palaeolithic and Upper Paleolithic through the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.
The site of modern-day Beirut is settled for the first time Read more
The Pama–Nyungan languages are now the most widespread family of Australian Aboriginal languages, containing perhaps 300 languages.
Aboriginal Australians develop the Pama–Nyungan languages Read more
Stonehenge is perhaps the world’s most famous prehistoric monument. It was built in several stages: the first monument was an early henge monument, built about 5,000 years ago.
Construction begins at sacred site of Stonehenge Read more
These permanent designs — sometimes plain, sometimes elaborate, always personal — have served as amulets, status symbols, declarations of love, signs of religious beliefs, adornments and even forms of punishment.
Human begin tattooing their bodies Read more
The first recorded exchange of a dowry occurs in 3,000 B.C.E.
Humanity’s first weddings begin Read more
