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| align="right" | <small>'''Millennia:''' </small> 
| align="center" | 5e millennium v.Chr.<br />'''6e millennium v.Chr.'''<br />7e millennium v.Chr.
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===Azië===
* Begin van het Atlanticum, een etage van het Holoceen.
* Vanaf ca. 6000 begint de Samaracultuur in het zuidwesten van Rusland.
* Vanaf 6000 begint in Mesopotamië de Obeidtijd. De bevolking neemt toe door geregelde toevoer van gerst, tarwe, vis en vlees. In Neder-Mesopotamië begon men irrigatiewerken en ook met het bestuderen van de sterrenhemel om seizoenwisselingen vast te leggen.
* Tussen 6000 en 5500 bloeit de schapen, geiten, rundvee en varkens.
* Rond 6000 verschijnt het eerste aardewerk in Korea.
* In Noord-China (onder andere in kool, hazelnoten.
* Het pottenbakken werd tegen 5500 toegepast in Zuid-Azië en luidde het Regionalisering Era voor de Indusbeschaving in. Er wordt aangenomen dat de bewoners van Mehrgarh naar de vruchtbare Indusvallei migreerden toen Baluchistan verdorde door een klimaatverandering.

===Europa===
* Begin van de Vinčacultuur op de Balkan en (late datering) van de Komsacultuur in Finnmark.
* Ca. 5600 - De Bijbel.
* De Kongemosecultuur (ca. 6000 tot 5200) in Zuid-Scandinavië volgt de Maglemosecultuur op.
* Op zijn beurt wordt hij vanaf ca. 5300 opgevolgd door de Ertebøllecultuur.
* Rond 5500 breekt de landengte tussen Denemarken en Zweden door en wordt het Ancylusmeer de Oostzee.
* 5200 - Ook in delen van bandkeramiek doet ook in deze streken zijn intrede.

===Amerika===
* 5400 - Lama's worden gedomesticeerd in Ayacucho , Peru.

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During the '''6th millennium BC''', agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. World population is essentially stable at ca. 5 million people.

==Events==
right|thumb|300px|Black Sea today (light blue) and in 5600 BC (dark blue) according to Ryan's and Pitman's theories, versions of the [[Black Sea deluge theory ]]
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Baluchistan, Pakistan at its height.
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Climatic or Thermal Maximum, the warmest period in 125,000 years, with minimal glaciation and highest sea levels. (McEvedy)
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — 53 clay figurines, stone tools and agriculture in 24 settlements of the "Four-lakes" culture in the region surrounded by the lakes Vegoritida, Heimaditida, Petron and Zazari between the towns of Kozani and Florina west of Thessaloniki, Greece. (4/3/07)
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — The Copper Age comes to the Fertile Crescent.  (Roux 1980) First use of copper in Middle East. (Bailey 1973)
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Saharan black pastoral culture <t. 2700 BC>.  (1968 Almanac) 
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Fully Neolithic agriculture has spread through Anatolia to the Balkans.  (1967 McEvedy) 
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Beginning of Neolithic Yangshao culture in south-central China <t.1500 BC>.  Somewhere in this expanse of time, they invent the earliest pictographs of Chinese writing.  (Atlas of China, 1983)
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Equids disappear from the Americas. 
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Junglefowl kept in India.
*'''c. 5900 BC''' — Prehistoric Vinca culture emerges in today's Belgrade.
*'''c. 5800 BC''' — Beginning of the Dadiwan culture in China.
*'''c. 5800 BC''' — The Hassuna Period in Mesopotamia <t. 5500 BC>, with the earliest version of stamp-seals.  (Roux 1980)
*'''c. 5760 BC''' — The Puy-de-Dôme in erupts.
*'''c. 5700 BC''' — Cataclysmic volcanic explosion of  high Mount Mazama creates Oregon's Crater Lake <ref> NatGeo 1998 May (was 4401 BC in NatGeo1986-9)</ref><ref></ref> when the resulting caldera fills with water. With a Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7, it remains the largest single Holocene eruption in history of the Cascade Range.
*'''c. 5600 BC''' — Beginning of the desertification of Egyptian civilization.
*'''c. 5600 BC''' — The Red Paint People become established in the region from present-day Labrador to New York state.
*'''5509 BC''' — The creation to 1 September of this year.
*'''c. 5500 BC''' — Beginning of the Xinle culture in China.
*'''c. 5500 BC''' — Agriculture started in Ancient Egypt.
*'''c. 5500 BC''' — Predynastic period (Neolithic) starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 4350 BC).
*'''c. 5450 BC''' — Volcano Hekla eruption.
*'''c. 5400 BC''' — Beginning of the Zhaobaogou culture in China.
*'''c. 5400 BC''' — Irrigation and the beginning of the Sumerian civilization in Southern Iraq.
*'''c. 5400 BC''' — Watson Brake mound complex constructed in present-day Louisiana.
*'''c. 5300 BC''' — Beginning of the Beixin culture in China.
*'''c. 5200 BC''' — Beginning of human inhabitation and settlements in Malta.
*'''c. 5000 BC''' — Beginning of the Hemudu culture in China.
*'''c. 5000 BC''' — Beginning of the Daxi culture in China.
*'''c. 5000 BC''' — Beginning of the Majiabang culture in China.
*'''c. 5000 BC''' — Beginning of the Yangshao culture in China.
*'''c. 5000 BC''' — Farming reached central and north Europe.

==Environmental changes==

*'''c. 7000 BC''' — Beginning the Holocene climatic optimum
*'''c. 5600 BC''' — According to the salt water is added, significantly expanding it and transforming it from a fresh-water landlocked lake into a salt water sea.

==Inventions, discoveries, introductions==
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Cycladic people started to use a coarse, poor-quality local clay to make a variety of objects.
*'''c. 6000 BC''' — Brick building was taking place at Çatalhöyük, Turkey. <ref name="H">Roberts,  J: "History of the World.". Penguin, 1994.</ref>
*Agriculture appears in the valley of the Nile.
*Rice cultivated in Asia.
*Plough invented.
*'''c. 6000 BC–5000 BC''' — Wine is created for the first time in Persia.
*'''c. 5000 BC''' — Agriculture began in the Americas perhaps this early, in complete isolation from the Old World. <ref name=H />
*Artifacts of stone were supplemented by those of metal, and the crafts of basketry, pottery, weaving (Africa).
*Dead were buried in a fetal position, surrounded by the burial offerings and artifacts, facing west (Africa).
*Decorated, black-topped clay pots and vases; bone and ivory combs, figurines, and tableware, are found in great numbers (Africa).
*Jewelry of all types and materials (Africa).
*Objects began to be made not only with a function, but also with an aesthetic value. (Africa)
*Organized, permanent settlements focused around agriculture. (Africa)

==Cultural landmarks==

*'''c. 5700 BC''' — Samarran Culture at C-14, 6640 BC–5816 BC [http://www.calpal-online.de calBC]). 
*'''c. 5500 BC''' — Baluchistan, Pakistan.
*'''c. 5100 BC''' — Temples founded in South Mesopotamia.
*Mediterranean Old European cultures.