Timeline of Environmental History - 6th Millennium BC

6th Millennium BC

Year(s) Event(s)
Start End
c. 5600 BC According to the Black Sea deluge theory, the Black Sea floods with salt water. Some 3000 cubic miles (12,500 km³) of salt water is added, significantly expanding it and transforming it from a fresh-water landlocked lake into a salt water sea.
c. 5500 BC Beginning of the desertification of north Africa, which ultimately lead to the creation of the Sahara desert from land that was previously savannah, though is still wetter than today. It's possible this process pushed people in the area into migrating to the region of the Nile in the east, thereby laying the groundwork for the rise of Egyptian civilization.
c. 5300 BC
  • Vinča script (Tărtăria tablets), among the oldest writing systems
c. 5000 BC
  • The Older Peron transgression, a global warm period, begins.
  • Use of a sail begins. The first known picture is on an Egyptian urn found in Luxor.
  • Transition from Atlantic period to Subboreal period
  • Metallurgy appears
5000 BC 700 BC Megalithic Temples of Malta were created

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