Material Culture Assignment 1 By TatyanaL Period: 60,000 BCE to 2000 Start 52,051 BCE Homo sapiens reach Europe 48,051 BCE Humans reach Australia 21,051 BCE Humans reach North America 13,051 BCE Dogs first domesticated 8051 BCE Rice first domesticated 8051 BCE Wheat first domesticated 7051 BCE Maize first domesticated 3551 BCE Horses first domesticated 3200 BCE Sumerian Cuneiform first developed 3100 BCE Stonehenge built 2560 BCE Great Pyramid at Giza built 1051 BCE Sunflowers first domesticated 900 Great Zimbabwe first built 1492 Columbus arrives in North America 1950 Radiocarbon dating 'zero'