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

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Events:

• date varies: [1] - Creation of the world, according to some analyses of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, based mainly on a literal interpretation of the genealogy of early mankind given in the Book of Genesis
• circa 4500 BC - Civilization of Susa and Kish in Mesopotamia

Periods:

• circa 4570 BC - 4250 BC: - Merimde culture on the Nile
• circa 4400 BC - 4000 BC: - Badari culture on the Nile

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Introduction of writing
• circa 4500 BC - Introduction of the plough in Europe

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