4004 B.C.

5th millennium BC

"4004 BC" redirects here. For the Biblically based estimate of the creation of the Earth, see Ussher chronology.

Millennia:	6th millennium BC · 5th millennium BC · 4th millennium BC
Centuries:	50th century BC · 49th century BC · 48th century BC · 47th century BC · 46th century BC · 45th century BC · 44th century BC · 43rd century BC · 42nd century BC · 41st century BC

The Neolithic
↑ Mesolithic
Europe Linear Pottery Vinča culture Varna culture Vučedol culture Malta Temples Boian culture Cucuteni-Trypillian culture China Korea South Asia Mehrgarh Pre-Columbian Americas Chalcolithic Uruk period Pit Grave culture Corded Ware Europe Mesoamerica
farming, animal husbandry pottery, metallurgy, wheel circular ditches, henges, megaliths Neolithic religion
↓Bronze Age

The 5th millennium BC saw the spread of agriculture from the Near East throughout southern and central Europe.

Urban cultures in Mesopotamia and Anatolia flourished, developing the wheel. Copper ornaments became more common, marking the Chalcolithic. Animal husbandry spread throughout Eurasia, reaching China. World population grew slightly throughout the millennium, maybe from 5 to 7 million people.

Cultures

Events

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Environmental changes

Holocene Epoch
↑ Pleistocene
Holocene
Preboreal ( 10.3 ka – 9 ka), Boreal ( 9 ka – 7.5 ka), Atlantic ( 7.5 ka – 5 ka), Subboreal ( 5 ka – 2.5 ka) Subatlantic (2.5 ka – present)

Calendars and chronology

References

1. ^ Roberts, J: "History of the World." Penguin, 1994.

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