Cultures
- Badari culture on the Nile (c. 4400–4000 BC)
- Comb Ceramic culture (also endured the 6th, 4th)
- Maykop culture
- Yangshao culture
- Merimde culture on the Nile (c. 4570–4250 BC)
- Predynastic Egypt
- Proto-Austronesian culture is based on the south coast of China. They combine extensive maritime technology, fishing with hooks and nets and gardening. (c. 5000 BC)
- Samara culture
- Sredny Stog culture
- Lengyel culture in eastern Europe
- Ubaid culture
- Cycladic culture—a distinctive Neolithic culture amalgamating Anatolian and mainland Greek elements arose in the western Aegean before 4000 BC
- Vinča culture (also endured the 6th, 4th, and 3rd millennia)
- Yumuktepe and Gözlükule cultures in south Anatolia
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