Early Civilizations in the Old World

Wiped out 13, 000 B.C

13,000 BCE

A comet hit earth

Gobekli - Tepe 12, 000 B.C

12,000 BCE

An archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey, approximately 12 km northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa

Ice Age ends 11, 700 Yrs. Ago

11,700 BCE

The most recent Ice Age occurred then, as glaciers covered huge parts of the planet Earth.

South America 10, 000 - 11, 000 B.C

10,000 BCE

About 22,000 BC-16,000 BC there was an Ice Age. People in northern Europe moved south into Spain and Italy. People in Central Asia moved into India. Other people used boats or rafts to reach North America and South America around 20,000 BC.

Clovis Culture 10, 000 B.C

10,000 BCE

The Clovis culture is a prehistoric Native American culture that first appears in the archaeological record of North America around 13,500 years ago, at the end of the last ice age.

Farming Anatolia (Turkey) 9,500 B.C

9500 BCE

European farming had its roots in Turkey before hunter-gatherers moved and brought the knowledge to Europe, a new study has found. Researchers identified at least two waves of early European settlers, who belonged to the same gene pool as farmers in Central Turkey.

Potato 8,000 B.C

8000 BCE

Potatoes were around since 8,000 BC to 5,000 B.C.
Sir Walter Raleigh introduced potatoes to Ireland in 1589 on the 40,000 acres of land near Cork. It took nearly four decades for the potato to spread to the rest of Europe.
This would be an inconsequence because of the potatoes people would survive more because they grew underground.

Mesopotamia Sheep 8,000 B.C

8000 BCE

From around 4000 B.C. milk from sheep, goats and cows were used to make butter.
The meat was largely reserved for the elite.
They ate sheep, goats, beef, and poultry.

Rice domesticated in China 6,200 B.C

6200 BCE

Earliest known cultivation from 5700 BC, followed by mung, soy and Azuki beans.

Agriculture in Egypt 5,500 B.C

5500 BCE

The second period of the kingdoms of ancient Egypt is the early dynastic period which was in the year 3150 BC; it is believed that the pharaohs established control over Lower Egypt during this period.

Corn 4,000 B.C

4000 BCE

Cobs were already an inch long. Within just a few thousand years, cobs had grown to many times that size.
Later on, plant hybridization became an important breeding method to further cultivate certain traits.

Mesopotamia 3,500 B.C

3500 BCE

Mesopotamian civilizations formed on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is today Iraq and Kuwait.
Early civilizations began to form around the time of the Neolithic Revolution—12000 BCE.
Some of the major Mesopotamian civilizations include the Sumerian, Assyrian, Akkadian, and Babylonian civilizations.
Evidence shows extensive use of technology, literature, legal codes, philosophy, religion, and architecture in these societies.

First farmers in South America 3000 B.C

3000 BCE

Indus Valley 2600 B.C

2600 BCE

The Indus River Valley Civilization, 3300-1300 BCE, also known as the Harappan Civilization, extended from modern-day northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.
Important innovations of this civilization include standardized weights and measures, seal carving, and metallurgy with copper, bronze, lead, and tin.
Civilization likely ended due to climate change and migration.

First Farmers in North America 2500 B.C

2500 BCE

Some places that are now underwater were above water. One of those places was the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, and so more people were able to cross over from Asia to North America using this bridge, taking their dogs with them.

Mound builders 1000 B.C

1000 BCE

The Adena was the first of three civilizations known as the Mound Builders.
The Mound Builders lived in the eastern half of the United States. The Mound Builders built earth mounds called Earthworks.

Cotton 3600 B.C

3600

Evidence of the use of cotton is dated as far back as 3600 BC and has been found across the globe used in the Ancient Era and Middle Ages