Humans in the Indian subcontinent domesticate the water buffalo
At least 130 million domestic water buffalo exist, and more people depend on them than on any other domestic animal.
Agriculture (10000 - 3000 B.C.E.)
Early Cubans develop Levisa, the first known human settlement on the island
The oldest known Cuban archeological site, Levisa, dates from approximately 3100 B.C.E. A wider distribution of sites date from after 2000 B.C.E.
Humans settle Antigua for the first time
Antigua was first settled by archaic age hunter-gatherer Amerindians called the Ciboney. Carbon dating has established the earliest settlements started around 3100 B.C.E.
The Hafit period begins in modern-day Oman and United Arab Emirates
The Hafit period defines early Bronze Age human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period from 3200 to 2600 B.C.E. It is named after the distinctive beehive burials first found on Jebel Hafit, an outlier of Al Hajar Mountains.
Humans of ancient Persia invent the comb
Combs have been used since prehistoric times, having been discovered in very refined forms from settlements dating back to 5,000 years ago in Persia.
The Indus Valley Civilization, or Harrapan Civilization, emerges in South Asia
The Indus Valley Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in South Asia, lasting from 3300 B.C.E. to 1300 B.C.E. Along with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilisations of West- and South Asia.
Humans begin using field systems for the first time, perhaps in the Céide Fields of modern-day Ireland
The Céide Fields is an archaeological site in the west of Ireland. The site is the most extensive Neolithic site in Ireland and contains the oldest known field systems in the world.
The Botai people of Central Asian steppes domesticate the horse for the first time
The clearest evidence of early use of the horse as a means of transport is from chariot burials dated c. 2000 B.C.E. However, an increasing amount of evidence supports the hypothesis that horses were domesticated in the Eurasian Steppes approximately 3500 B.C.E.
The wheel is invented in Mesopotamia, initially used for pottery
Evidence indicates they were created to serve as potter’s wheels around 3500 B.C. in Mesopotamia, 300 years before someone figured out to use them for chariots.