5th millennium BC

(6th millennium BC – 5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – other millennia)

Contents

4 Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Events

4713 BC – The epoch (origin) of the Julian Period described by Joseph Justus Scaliger occurred on January 1, the astronomical Julian day number zero.
4004 BC – The universe is created at nightfall preceding October 23 according to the chronology of Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh.

Cultures

c. 4800 - 4600 BC; Monumental temples are built by the oldest known civilization of Europe
c. 4500 BC – Civilization of Susa and Kish in Mesopotamia
Cucuteni culture

Periods

c. 4570–4250 BC – Merimde culture on the Nile
c. 4400–4000 BC – Badari culture on the Nile

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Possible introduction of writing. Tartaria tablets in the lower Danube Valley date from around 5000 BC.
c. 4500 BC – Introduction of the plough in Europe
Domestication of the Water Buffalo in China

See also: 5th millennium BC, 4th millennium BC, 6th millennium BC, Armagh, Badari, China, Cucuteni culture, Danube, Epoch, Europe