5th millennium BC

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

Date	Event(s)
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:

Start Date	End Date	Event(s)
circa 4570 BC	circa 4250 BC	Merimde culture on the Nile
circa 4400 BC	circa 4000 BC	Badari culture on the Nile

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

Date	Event(s)
?	Introduction of writing
circa 4500 BC	Introduction of the plough in Europe

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