7th millennium BC
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(8th millennium BC - 7th millennium BC - 6th millennium BC - other millennia)
Events:
- Agriculture and settlement at Mehrgarh in South Asia, circa 7000 BC.
- Agriculture appears in Europe (Greece, Italy )
- Pastoralism and cultivation of cereals (East Sahara)
- First pottery in Mesopotamia
- Gold and native copper begin to be used
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "7th millennium BC" http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_millennium_BC July 26, 2003
