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Events:

• 4713 BC – The epoch (origin) of the Julian Period described by Joseph Justus Scaliger occurred on January 1, the astronomical Julian day number zero.
• circa 4500 BC – Civilization of Susa and Kish in Mesopotamia
• 4004 BC – The universe is created at nightfall preceding October 23 according to the chronology of Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh.

Periods:

• circa 4570–4250 BC – Merimde culture on the NileThe Nile ( Arabic: an-nil , in Africa, is one of the two longest rivers on Earth. Whether the Nile is longer than South America's Amazon still remains the subject of much debate. This is, for the most part, due to two reasons: first, the lengths of rivers
• circa 4400–4000 BC – Badari culture on the Nile

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Introduction of writingWriting is the process of inscribing characters on a medium, with the intention of forming words and other larger language constructs. The instrument or instruments used for recording, and the medium on which the recording is done can be almost infinite,
• circa 4500 BC – Introduction of the ploughFor the constellation known as The Plough see Ursa Major. The plough (American spelling: plow is a tool used in farming for turning the earth in which one is to plant new seeds. The plough is a development of the pick, and was initially pulled by oxen or in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se
• Domestication of the Water BuffaloThe Water Buffalo is a very large ungulate. It survives in the wild in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand, and is very widespread as a domestic animal in Asia, South America. North Africa and Europe. It is feral in northern Australia. Wild-living populatio in ChinaThis article is on the geographic and cultural entity. For other meanings, see China (disambiguation). China ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , Hanyu Pinyin: Zhongguo, Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a country in continental East Asia with some oute