A world chronology · 6999–6000 BCE

The 7th millennium BCE

1 sourced event, 1 nation, in the order they happened.

Every record below is drawn from the chronicle of the nation it belongs to, with the same citations. Read down for the whole period, or jump to a stretch of it; within each year the world is grouped by continent.

Asia
1 event · 1 nation

7000 BCE1 record

Asia

  1. CYP

    Cyprus · Formation · c. 7000–4000 BCE

    The Neolithic settlement of Choirokoitia

    A farming community of round stone dwellings flourished at Choirokoitia, one of the best-preserved and most important prehistoric sites in the eastern Mediterranean, illuminating the early evolution of human society in the region.

    Neolithic Settlers, Greek City-Kingdoms and the Cult of Aphrodite

    Sources: Choirokoitia (World Heritage List, inscribed 1998) (UNESCO World Heritage Centre) · Cyprus: History (Encyclopaedia Britannica)