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| - | During the '''7th Millennium BC''', [[agriculture]] spreads from [[Anatolia]] to the [[Balkans]]. | ||
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| - | [[World population]] is essentially stable at around 5 million people, living mostly scattered across the globe in small [[hunting-gathering]] tribes. In the agricultural communities of the Middle East, the [[cow]] is domesticated and use of [[pottery]] grows common, spreading to Europe and South Asia, and the first [[metal]] (gold and copper) ornaments are made. | ||
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| - | ==Cultures== | ||
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| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—First neolithic settlements with ceramics, in [[St. Croix]], [[Caribbean Sea]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—Beginning of the [[Peiligang culture]] in [[China]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—[[Agriculture]] and neolithic settlement at [[Mehrgarh]], in current-day [[Balochistan (Pakistan)|Baluchistan]], [[Pakistan]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—[[Agriculture]] among the [[Papuan]] peoples of [[New Guinea]] | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''–[[600 BC]]—[[Elam]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—[[Elam]] becomes [[farming]] region. | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''–[[6000 BC]]—Figure from [[Ain Ghazal]], [[Jordan]], was made. It is now in [[National Museum]], [[Amman]], [[Jordan]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6850–4800 BC'''—Advanced agriculture and a very early use of pottery by the [[Sesclo]] culture in [[Thessaly]], [[Greece]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6500 BC'''—[[Paleolithic]] period ended. [[Neolithic]] period started in China. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6500 BC'''—Beginning of the [[Houli culture]] in China. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6500 BC'''–[[5500 BC]]—[[Çatalhöyük]], [[Turkey]]. Inhabitants traded [[obsidian]]. c. 5000 inhabitants. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6200 BC'''—Beginning of the [[Xinglongwa culture]] in China. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6087 BC'''- Second Tamil Sangam established by a [[Pandya]] king | ||
| - | *'''c. 6000 BC'''—Beginning of the [[Cishan culture]] in China. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6000 BC'''—First traces of habitation of the [[Svarthola]] cave in [[Norway]]. | ||
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| - | ==Inventions, discoveries, introductions== | ||
| - | * '''c. 7000 BC'''—Mesolithic site [[Lepenski Vir]] emerges in today's [[Serbia]]. | ||
| - | * '''c. 7000 BC'''—Earliest [[pottery]] in [[Ancient Near East]]. | ||
| - | * '''c. 7000 BC'''—[[Elam]] became farming region. | ||
| - | * '''c. 7000 BC'''—[[China|Chinese]] [[domestication]] of [[rice]], [[millet]], [[soy beans]], and [[Yam (vegetable)|yams]]. (1990 Rand McNally Atlas) | ||
| - | * '''c. 7000 BC'''—[[Red pepper]], [[bottle gourd]], [[avocados]], and [[Squash (plant)|squash]] cultivated on [[Pacific coast]] of [[Guatemala]]. (Bailey 1973) | ||
| - | * '''c. 7000 BC'''—Europeans begin making vessels from clay. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6500 BC'''—[[Naalebinding]], a form of [[knitting]], used in [[Judean Desert]] (modern day [[Israel]]). | ||
| - | * '''c. 6500 BC'''—Two breeds of non-wolf [[dogs]] in [[Scandinavia]]. Domestic [[pigs]] appear at [[Jarmo]]. [[Domestic cattle]] in [[Turkey]]. | ||
| - | * '''c. 6200 BC'''—Mural painting or map from [[Çatalhöyük]], an early civilized city that prospered by trading obsidian, [[Anatolia]]—modern [[Turkey]]. | ||
| - | * '''6000 BC'''—[[Banpo|Ban Po]] settlement in [[China]]. | ||
| - | * [[Agriculture]] appears around in the [[Balkans]], see [[Old European Culture]]. | ||
| - | * [[Beekeeping]] is first recorded. Rock paintings on cave walls in [[Africa]] and eastern [[Spain]] show people gathering [[honey]] from trees or rock crevices while bees fly around them—cave drawings in [[Spain]], near [[Valencia (city in Spain)|Valencia]]. | ||
| - | * [[Pastoralism]] and cultivation of [[cereal]]s (East [[Sahara]]).( {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}) | ||
| - | * [[Gold]] and native [[copper]] begin to be used.( {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}) | ||
| - | * [[Middle East]]: Domestication of the [[cow]].( {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}) | ||
| - | * Archaic [[pottery]] making, burial mound construction, and garden technology ([[North America]]). | ||
| - | * [[North America]]: [[Indigenous Peoples of the Americas]] begin using stone to grind food and to hunt [[American Bison]] and smaller animals. | ||
| - | * [[North America]]: Deciduous plants make their appearance on [[Long Island]] . | ||
| - | * [[North America]]: Northern [[Atlantic Ocean]] is cooled by 3–6°C due to enormous floods. ( {{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}) | ||
| - | * [[Mexico]]—Incipient agriculture begins ([[North America]]). | ||
| - | * [[Peru]], [[Guitarrero Cave]], plant fibers are twisted, knotted, and looped into baskets, mats ([[South America]]). | ||
| - | * [[Eastern Mediterranean]]—Forms of [[pottery]] become decoration. | ||
| - | * Animal figures of [[Estuarine]]-period rock painting in [[Australia]] include saltwater [[fish]] and [[crocodile]]s. | ||
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| - | ==Environmental changes== | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—Wild horse populations drop in Europe proper; horse disappears from the island of [[Great Britain]], but was never found in [[Ireland]]. (Horse & Man, Clutton-Brock) Extinction probably caused by climatic shift, leading to excessively rich spring feed and mass lameness from founder, making them easy prey (Bolich & Ingraham) | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—[[English Channel]] formed<ref>Roberts, J: "History of the World." Penguin, 1994.</ref> | ||
| - | *'''c. 7000 BC'''—[[Neolithic Subpluvial]] begins in northern Africa | ||
| - | *'''6440 BC ± 25 years'''—[[Kurile Lake|Kurile]] volcano on [[Russia]]'s [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] has [[Volcanic Explosivity Index|VEI 7]] eruption. It is one of the largest of the [[Holocene]] epoch | ||
| - | *'''6250 BC''' – Eruptions occur in the [[Indian Heaven]] [[Volcanic]] field located in central [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington State]]. | ||
| - | *'''c. 6100 BC'''—The [[Storegga Slide]], causing a [[megatsunami]] in the [[Norwegian Sea]] | ||
| - | *'''c. 6000 BC'''—Rising sea levels form the [[Torres Strait]], separating [[Australia]] from [[New Guinea]] | ||
| - | *'''c. 6000 BC'''—Between 12,000 BC and 5,000 BC it appears that massive inland flooding was taking place in several regions of the world, making for subsequent [[sea level rise]]s which could be relatively abrupt for many worldwide. | ||
| + | # A female domesticated [[ox]] or other [[bovine]], especially an adult after she has had a [[calf]]. | ||
| + | # More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age. | ||
| + | # The [[female]] of larger species of [[mammal]], including bovines, [[moose]], [[whale]]s, [[seal]]s, [[hippo]]s, [[rhino]]s, [[manatee]]s, and [[elephant]]s. | ||
| + | # A [[woman]] who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful. | ||
| + | # Anything that is annoyingly difficult, [[awkward]] or [[graceless]]. | ||
| + | #: ''That website is a real '''cow''' to navigate.'' | ||
| + | # A [[conniption fit]] or [[hissy fit]]; a state of [[agitation]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[until the cows come home]] | ||
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- A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf.
- More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
- The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
- A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful.
- Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless.
- That website is a real cow to navigate.
- A conniption fit or hissy fit; a state of agitation
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