9th millennium BC
(10th millennium BC – 9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – other millennia)
:Beginning of the Neolithic time period of the Holocene epoch.
EventsCirca 9000 BC–Settling on Mediterranean isles startedCirca 8700 BC–8400 BC–Star Carr site in Yorkshire, Britain inhabited by Maglemosian peoplesCirca 8500 BC–Neolithic hunters camp at Cramond, Prehistoric ScotlandCirca 8350 BC–Neolithic settlement at JerichoCirca 8300 BC–Nomadic hunters arrive in EnglandCirca 8000 BC–Øvre Eiker of Norway inhabitedCirca 8000 BC– Inland flooding due to catastrophic glacier melt was taking place in several regions of the WorldCirca 8000 BC– Long term melting of the Antarctic ice sheets is commencing AntarcticaCirca 8000 BC– Ice free condition in the Antarctic ended about 6000 years ago AntarcticaCirca 8000 BC– Apollo 1 cave -earliest recorded African stone engravings. AfricaCirca 8000 BC– Rising sea levels caused by postglacial warming Asia Japan
Environmental changesCirca 8000 BC– Agriculture in MesopotamiaCirca 8000 BC– Domestication of the pig in China [Turkey Circa 8000 BC– Domestication of sheep and goats in the Middle East IraqCirca 8000 BC– Evidence of domestication of dogs wolves, Middle East Palestine EnglandCirca 8000 BC– Trans-Atlantic trade involving tobacco taking place between Africa and South America? - Circa 8000 BC– World : Rising Sea
- Circa 8000 BC– World - Cometary showers coincide with a close passage of Venus
- Circa 8000 BC– Antartica - long term melting of the Antarctic ice sheets is commencing
- Circa 8000 BC– Asia - Japan: rising sea levels caused by postglacial warming
- Circa 8000 BC– Obliteration of more than 40 million animals about this time North America Asia Australia
- Circa 8000 BC– N America, glacial Decline, The glaciers were receding and by 8,000 B.C. the Wisconsin had withdrawn completely.
- Circa 8000 BC– Atlantis: Is it only a coincidence that Plato will later speak of Atlantis existing prior to this time Plato
- Circa 8000 BC– Antartica - long term melting of the Antarctic ice sheets is commencing
- Circa 8000 BC– World - Cometary showers coincide with a close passage of Venus
Inventions and discoveries - Circa 8000 BC– Aancient flint tools from north and central Arabia belong to hunter-gatherer societies Asia Iran
- Circa 8000 BC– Clay vessels and modeled human and animal terracotta figurines are produced at Ganj Dareh in western Iran Asia
- Circa 8000 BC– Invention of the bow and arrow
- Circa 8000 BC– Exchange of goods, a three dimensional combination of an accounting/inventory system and medium of exchange
- Circa 8000 BC– Exchange of goods may represent the earliest pseudo-writing technology
Cultural landmarks
Humanity officially enters the Stone Age Total world population may be under 10 million
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