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( 9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – 7th millennium BC – other millennia)- The Chalcolithic period (Copper Age); rise of agriculture
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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 Øvre Eiker and Nedre Eiker in present-day Buskerud, NorwayThe Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country west of Sweden on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has a very elongated form and has an extensive coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean, where Norway's famous fjords are found. In addition to Sweden, it borders R are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Ærør (from Danish AEr maple and O island) is one of the Danish Baltic Sea islands, and part of Funen County. Population: about 7. 200 Area: 88 km2 Length of coast line: 167 km Geography AEro's length is of about 30 km, its width up to 6 km. The landscape is, DenmarkKongeriget Danmark ( In Detail) Motto of the Queen: Guds hjaelp, Folkets kaerlighed, Danmarks styrke (English: God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength) Official language Danish Capital Copenhagen Kobenhavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Ministe are established.
- Circa 8000 BC–Settlements at Deepcar near present-day SheffieldThis article is about the city in England. For other uses see Sheffield. Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in the north of England. The population of the City of Sheffield in 2002 was estimated at 512,242. It has grown, from its industrial root, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England are established.
- Circa 8000 BC– GlacierA glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. Equivalently, it is a multi-year ice accretion in mountainous terrain. The glacier fringe is the area where the glacier has recently melted. There ares form the rock formation in present-day New HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the United States (U. postal abbreviation NH , named for the English county of Hampshire. New Hampshire is called the "Granite State" because it has numerous granite quarries, although that industry ha commonly known as the " Old Man of the MountainThis article is about the New Hampshire landmark. For the leader of the Hashshashin who was also known as "The Old Man of the Mountain," see Hasan-i Sabbah. Reverse of the New Hampshire state quarter. In the United States, the Old Man of the Mountain also."
- 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.
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