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5th millennium BC
(6th millennium BC – 5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – other millennia)
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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. 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
- Introduction of writing. Tartaria tablets in the lower Danube Valley date from around 5000 BC and first examples of Sumerian writing in Mesopotamia date from around 4000 BC.
- c. 4500 BC – Introduction of the plough in Europe
- Domestication of the Water Buffalo in China
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