6th millennium BC

(7th millennium BC - 6th millennium BC - 5th millennium BC - other millennia

Date	Event(s)
?	Agriculture appears in the valley of the Nile
?	Rice cultivated in Asia
?	Wheel and plough invented
circa 5600 BC	The Black Sea floods with salt water
September 1, 5509 BC	day of creation of the world (according to the Byzantine Empire) and beginning of their calendar [1]
circa 5500 BC	pottery at Mehrgarh in South Asia
5400s BC	Irrigation in Mesopotamia
5100s BC	Temples founded in South Mesopotamia

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