8th millennium BC
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(9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – 7th millennium BC – other millennia)
- The Chalcolithic period (Copper Age); rise of agriculture.
Events
The south area of Çatalhöyük. An archaeological dig is in progress.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Nevali Cori in present-day Turkey are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Sagalassos in present-day southwest Turkey are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Akure in present-day southwest Nigeria are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Ĝvre Eiker and Nedre Eiker in present-day Buskerud, Norway are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Ĉrĝ, Denmark are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Deepcar near present-day Sheffield, England are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Glaciers form the rock formation in present-day New Hampshire commonly known as the "Old Man of the Mountain."
- Circa 7640 BC–Date theorized for impact of Tollmann's hypothetical bolide with Earth and associated global cataclysm.
- Circa 7500 BC–Howick house in Northumberland, England is constructed.
- Circa 7500 BC–Settlements at Sand, Applecross on the coast of Wester Ross, Scotland are constructed.
- Circa 7500 BC–Çatalhöyük, a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, is founded.
- Circa 7500 BC–Cattle Period begins in the Sahara.
- 7193 BC–According to Korean legend, an alliance of northern Altaic tribes under a "Huan" (Hun) ruler predates the establishment of China.
- 7000 BC–The earliest possible rise of the Punjab culture, a precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization.
Inventions and discoveries
- Potatoes and beans are cultivated in South America
- Beginning of rice cultivation in East Asia
- Domestication of the cat and Bos aegyptiacus ox in Ancient Egypt
- Domestication of sheep in Southwest Asia
de:8. Jahrtausend v. Chr.
es:VIII milenio adC
fr:VIIIe millénaire av. J.-C.
hu:8. évezred i.e.
nl:8e millennium v. Chr.
ur:7000مقم
