First gold jewelry created, perhaps in modern-day Bulgaria
In 1976, archaeologists unearthed gold jewellery in the Bulgarian Black sea city of Varna, which they claimed was the world’s oldest gold artifact ever found.
Early humans
Humans invent the plow
A plow is a tool or farm implement used in farming for initial cultivation of soil in preparation for sowing seed or planting to loosen or turn the soil.
Humans of the Indus Valley civilization invented irrigation
Irrigation was used as a means of manipulation of water in the alluvial plains of the Indus valley civilization, the application of it is estimated to have begun around 4500 B.C.E. and drastically increased the size and prosperity of their agricultural settlements.
The Varna Necropolis in modern-day Bulgaria becomes perhaps the world’s first major gold hoard
The so-called Varna Necropolis is a burial site from 4569-4340 B.C.E. and is internationally considered one of the key archaeological sites in world prehistory.
The Cairn of Barnenez – prehistoric mausoleum – is constructed in Brittany, France
The Cairn de Barnenez (known also as Barnenez Mound or Barnenez Tumulus) is one of the oldest structures in the world that is still standing.
Neolithic peoples create perhaps the world’s first sea trade using Aegean obsidian
Around 6,500 B.C.E., Neolithic seafarers began ferrying obsidian from the volcanic island of Milos across open water to communities on mainland Greece, Anatolia, and beyond. Chemical analysis of artifacts confirms the trade’s remarkable reach — marking this network as the earliest known evidence of deliberate commerce across open sea.
The Vinča culture in modern-day Southeastern Europe creates the “Vinča symbols”
The Vinča symbols are a set of symbols found on Neolithic era artifacts from the Vinča culture of Southeastern Europe. The nature and purpose of the symbols is a mystery.
Berber culture emerges in the Maghreb
The Berbers have occupied North Africa, specifically the Maghreb, since the beginning of recorded history and until the Islamic conquests of the 8th century CE constituted the dominant ethnic group in the Saharan region.
Humans begin practicing meditation in the Indus Valley
In the Indus Valley, archaeologists discovered evidence of meditation in wall art dating from approximately 5,000 to 3,500 B.C.E.
Humans make glass for the first time, perhaps in modern-day Syria
The ancient Roman historian Pliny suggested that Phoenician merchants had made the first glass in the region of Syria around 5000 B.C.E. But according to the archaeological evidence, the first man made glass was in Eastern Mesopotamia and Egypt around 3500 B.C.E.