Events
Displaying events 901 - 1136 of 1136 in total
| ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Celestial | Comet | 340BC | Comet coincided with storm at Corinth |
| 2829 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 344BC Feb. | Meteor shower, fireballs and meteors |
| 59 | Celestial | Comet | 345BC | Timoleon's Torch; a 'Mane-shaped' comet changed into a spear |
| 1294 | Celestial | Sun activity | 349BC | Bloody chasm in the sky, fire falling, aurora? |
| 58 | Celestial | Comet | 361BC | Broom Star, China |
| 2826 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 367BC | Very bright fireball observed in Babylon |
| 2688 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 369BC Apr. 11 | Solar eclipse in 35th year of Artaxerxes II, observed in Babylon |
| 2822 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 371BC Jul. | A "fall of fire" to the ground observed in Babylon |
| 2821 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 373BC Jul. | A "fall of fire". Meteor shower or fireballs? Observed in Babylon |
| 54 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 373BC (Win.) | Great Comet like a flaming torch before great earthquake and tsunami that swallowed entire cities in Greece |
| 2815 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 384BC | A "fall of fire" recorded in Babylon |
| 5206 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 388BC | Thunderbolt falls killing several men |
| 2678 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 394BC Aug. 14 | Solar eclipse, Spartan defeat at the Battle of Cnidus |
| 1295 | Celestial | Other | 394BC | "Meteoric lights, beams" at Battle of Cnidus |
| 2675 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 400BC Jun. 21 | Solar eclipse recorded by Ennius, reported by Cicero |
| 1271 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 413BC Aug. 27 | Lunar eclipse caused Nicias to delay abandoning the siege of Syracuse leading to destruction of Athenian forces |
| 2811 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 419BC | Numerous fireballs over several months, possible overhead meteor explosion; observed in Babylon |
| 2661 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 425BC Oct. 9 | Lunar eclipse recorded by Aristophanes |
| 52 | Celestial | Comet | 425BC (Win.) | Comet during the plague of Athens |
| 2652 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 431BC Aug. 31 | Solar eclipse explained by Pericles thereby dispelling fear of the Athenians |
| 51 | Celestial | Comet | 433BC | Broom Star, China |
| 2649 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 463BC Apr. 30 | Solar eclipse observed by Pindar |
| 49 | Celestial | Comet | 466BC | Meteorite falls at Aegospotami while bright comet is passing; Halley |
| 46 | Celestial | Comet | 469BC | Broom Star observed in China |
| 2360 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 478BC Feb. 17 | Solar eclipse |
| 2647 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea: apparition of Athena |
| 2640 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse recorded by Herodotus |
| 5196 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses north Africa |
| 44 | Celestial | Comet | 480BC Sep. | Horn shaped Comet, Battle of Salamis |
| 2645 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Sep. | Roaring sound in sky, great flame of light and dust cloud |
| 2643 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Aug. | Thunderbolts and rocks fall from mountain peaks on Persian troops |
| 2641 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Mar. | Thunder and fiery winds, many in Persian army perish |
| 43 | Celestial | Comet | 481BC Oct. | Sparkling star, Bushy Star observed in China |
| 42 | Celestial | Comet | 482BC Oct. | Bushy Star observed in China |
| 2638 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon Divine Intervention |
| 2636 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 491BC Apr. 25 | Lunar eclipse, 31st year of Darius, Ptolemy |
| 41 | Celestial | Comet | 500BC | Broom Star, China |
| 2633 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 502BC Nov. 19 | Lunar eclipse 20th year of Darius, analyzed by Ptolemy |
| 40 | Celestial | Comet | 516BC | Broom Star, China |
| 2632 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 523BC Jul. 16 | Lunar eclipse 7th year of Cambyses analyzed by Ptolemy |
| 39 | Celestial | Comet | 525BC (Win.) | Bushy Star, Antares, China |
| 38 | Celestial | Comet | 532BC (Spr.) | Comet or nova in Aquarius, China |
| 2627 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 567BC Mar. 12 | Sky glowing red in the West observed from Babylon |
| 1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
| 2610 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 610BC Sep. 15 | Lunar eclipse |
| 20 | Celestial | Comet | 611BC Aug. | Broom Star Great Bear, Big Dipper - possible Halley's sighting? |
| 2856 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 612BC Nov. 5 | Lunar eclipse |
| 1268 | Celestial | Other | 612BC | Venus "casts a shadow by its rays" (Pythagoras) |
| 2619 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 620BC Apr. 21 | Lunar eclipse recorded by Babylonians, analyzed by Ptolemy |
| 2865 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 631BC May 24 | Lunar eclipse |
| 19 | Celestial | Comet | 632BC | Broom Star, Auriga |
| 2914 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 644BC Dec. 24 | Fireball observed in Babylon and China; falling stones |
| 2648 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 648BC Apr. 6 | Earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks |
| 2618 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 657BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse Assyrian astrological reports |
| 2615 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 669BC May 17 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
| 1253 | Celestial | Comet | 674BC Oct. | Comet observed by Babylonians |
| 398 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 687BC Mar. 23 | Stars fall like rain, with rain, bright night without stars |
| 5227 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 707BC | "Shield" falls from the sky during pestilence |
| 5167 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 709BC Jul. 17 | Solar eclipse, total crosses northern Italy |
| 2516 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 714BC Oct. 24 | Lunar eclipse, Sargon II of Assyria |
| 5162 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 717BC Jul. 5 | Solar eclipse, Descending cloud, blasts of wind and rain, disappearance/ascent of Romulus |
| 5086 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 719BC Sep. 1 | Lunar eclipse |
| 2609 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 719BC Mar. 8 | Lunar eclipse |
| 2608 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 721BC Mar. 19 | Lunar eclipse |
| 5190 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 737BC Jul. 26 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses north Africa |
| 5189 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 744BC Dec. 9 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Central Europe |
| 5085 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 746BC Jul. 22 | Lunar eclipse |
| 5084 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 746BC Jan. 26 | Lunar Eclipse |
| 5083 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 747BC Aug. 2 | Lunar eclipse |
| 2525 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 747BC Feb. 6 | Lunar eclipse |
| 2607 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, key to ancient chronology |
| 5188 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, total, crosses Arabia |
| 5187 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 765BC Feb. 10 | Solar eclipse, total, crosses Mediterranean |
| 5181 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 771BC Nov. 8 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean |
| 5180 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 775BC Jan. 31 | Solar eclipse, partial, visible from central and southern Europe |
| 5179 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 778BC Apr. 4 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean |
| 5093 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 780BC Jun. 4 | Solar eclipse observed in China |
| 5178 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 791BC Jun. 24 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses Mediterranean |
| 135 | Celestial | Comet | 974BC Mar. | Bushy Star Comet in the north polar region; observed in China |
| 5203 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 975BC | Terrible comet-like ball of fire seen over Ethiopia and Egypt |
| 134 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 1034BC (Spr.) | A new star appears near the North Star, comet or nova; observed in China |
| 133 | Celestial | Comet | 1059BC | Comet, broom star with tail observed in China |
| 5202 | Celestial | Comet | 1140BC | Very large, bright comet or meteor with tail like a scorpion observed in Babylon |
| 5201 | Celestial | Comet | 1188BC | Pleiades-Arctic comet "trails out for a long distance" associated with the fall of Troy recorded in Roman texts |
| 5174 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 2300BC | Widespread destruction event, possible Tunguska-like |
| 5193 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 3123BC Jun. 29 | Overhead comet/asteroid explosion; Köfels’ Impact |
| 4671 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 155AD | Pestilence in Yemen |
| 1881 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 5BC | An earthquake destroys old Nisa and the settlements east of Bagir |
| 5353 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 100BC | Early compositions of Jewish Sibylline Oracles in Alexandria |
| 2358 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 122BC | Eruption of Mount Etna destroys city of Catania |
| 2544 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 147BC Aug. | Comet shone brightly as fiery, reddish circle; persistently red sky; observed from Babylon to Rome |
| 5474 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 147BC | Acidity spike in Greenland ice core; persistent red sky phenonomenon reported |
| 5502 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 160BC Feb. 28 | Earthquake and tsunami strikes Levant during Maccabean revolt |
| 2420 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 210BC | Historical, ice core, tree ring evidence for at least two volcanic eruptions between 212 and 200 |
| 2879 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 228BC | Severe earthquake in central Greece |
| 5221 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 250BC | Giant ancient water basin found in Rome |
| 69 | Archeology | Epidemic Mass Grave | 430BC | Plague of Athens thought to have been Typhoid |
| 5391 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 500BC | La Tène culture develops from Iron Age Hallstatt culture; Celtoi, Galli; expands to Hispania, Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor |
| 5471 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 550BC | Lepontic Language |
| 5375 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 600BC | The 1.4 kiloyear "Bond" event; mass migration period |
| 5222 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 700BC | Temple from the time of Numa Pompilius found |
| 5349 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 715BC | Archaeologists Find Biblical-Era Seal Of King Hezekiah In Jerusalem; winged sun and ankhs |
| 5165 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 753BC Apr. 21 | Founding of Rome |
| 2413 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 760BC | The Amos Earthquake |
| 5384 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 800BC | Hallstatt culture becomes predominant Central European culture; spread to western Iberian peninsula, Britain, and Ireland |
| 5437 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 800BC | Tagar culture south Siberia; bronze-smelting; Scythian circle |
| 5406 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 860BC | Urartu, Ararat, Vannic Kingdom, successor of the Late Bronze Age Hurrian state of Mitanni |
| 5410 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Golasecca culture, Northern Italy |
| 5412 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Villanovan culture of central and northern Italy related to the Central European Urnfield culture |
| 5405 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Kingdom of Tabal; neo-Hittite, Luwian speaking, south central Anatolia |
| 1613 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 910BC | Early construction at Rome |
| 5392 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 950BC | Dorian invasion hypothesis becomes Dorian migration and settling after collapse of Bronze Age |
| 5470 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1000BC | Ligures: earliest Indo-European speakers of the European West; direct descendants of Cro-Magnon? |
| 5366 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1021BC | Hekla 3 eruption causes 18 years of global cooling; tree ring and ice core evidence |
| 5363 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1070BC | Egyptian empire falls during Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 5385 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 1100BC | The Greek Dark Age following widespread collapse of Bronze Age civilization in the eastern Mediterranean |
| 5473 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1100BC | Latins: Indo-Europeans migrated to Italy after collapse of Bronze Age |
| 5646 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1150BC | Collapse of the Terramare culture in northern Italy; settlements abandoned for several centuries |
| 5184 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 1175BC | Earthquakes destroyed Bronze Age civilization |
| 5356 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1180BC | Hattusas burned to the ground; Hittite kingdom vanishes from the historical record |
| 5362 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1185BC | Areas in Mesopotamia that marginally survived Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 5359 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1189BC | Cities of the Levant destroyed by fire during Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 5361 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Anatolia destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapes; many never re-occupied |
| 5360 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Cyprus destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 5355 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Mycenaean Greece perishes with the collapse of Bronze-Age culture in the eastern Mediterranean |
| 5357 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Syrian Cities destroyed in conflagration during collapse of the Late Bronze Age |
| 5354 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1200BC | Late Bronze Age collapse; almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world destroyed |
| 5701 | Archeology | War/Battle Evidence | 1250BC | Colossal Bronze Age battle in Germany on Tollense River near Baltic Sea; unprecedented warfare; warriors from all over Europe |
| 5397 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1250BC | Bryges or Briges related to Phrygians, migrated to Balkans from Lausitz culture of Poland |
| 5411 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1280BC | Canegrate Culture, Northern Italy; first migratory wave of the proto-Celts |
| 5398 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1300BC | Lusatian culture of Eastern Europe develops from preceding Trzciniec culture |
| 5395 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1450BC | Linear B: syllabic script used for writing Mycenaean Greek |
| 5403 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1450BC | Kaskians, peoples living in mountainous Pontic Anatolia during Hittite times; unknown origins |
| 5440 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1500BC | Yaz culture; early Iranian culture as described in Avesta; sky burial |
| 5396 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1500BC | Kingdom of Mitanni aristocracy shows Indo-Aryan roots |
| 5436 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1500BC | Karasuk culture; Central Asian steppes; advanced, industrial metal workers |
| 5408 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1600BC | The Tumulus culture dominates Central Europe |
| 5159 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 1650BC | Theran eruption/possible comet/asteroid event related |
| 5161 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 1650BC | Mass displacement of populations resulting from Theran eruption |
| 5156 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 1650BC | Tsunami generated by Theran eruption |
| 5158 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 1650BC | Worldwide effects of Theran Eruption - China |
| 5160 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 1650BC | Dating the Eruption of Thera |
| 5155 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera Changed World |
| 5127 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera, Collapse of Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization, Volcanic Winter around the World |
| 5157 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 1650BC | Earthquake caused by Theran Eruption |
| 1632 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 1650BC | Tempest Stele with meteorological data erected by Pharaoh Ahmose, dates eruption of Thera |
| 5469 | Archeology | Pestilence Evidence | 1686BC | Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis found in Kytmanovo, Russia |
| 5399 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1700BC | Trzciniec culture of Eastern Europe develops around Łódź; spread to parts of Poland and Western Ukraine; from Corded Ware culture |
| 5253 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1780BC | Vesuvius Vented Its Wrath during Bronze Age |
| 5465 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1800BC | Tarim mummies; tall, red-haired Europoids in W. China |
| 5467 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1806BC | Ipuwer Papyrus, turmoil, arrival of the Asiatics |
| 5183 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1900BC | End of Harappan Civilization, floods, earthquakes |
| 5433 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2000BC | Srubna culture; along the N. shore of Black Sea; precursors of Cimmerians? |
| 5434 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2000BC | Andronovo culture in W. Siberia, W. Asiatic steppes; early Indo-Aryans/Iranians; Cimmerians and Saka/Scythians; Thracians |
| 5169 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2100BC | Earthquakes in Anatolia |
| 5415 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2112BC | Third Dynasty of Ur, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Law Code of Ur-Nammu |
| 5417 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2181BC | First Intermediate Period of Egypt, Divided Egypt, famine, chaos |
| 5177 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 2200BC | Harappan culture migrates from Western Asia to Indus region |
| 5371 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2200BC | The 4.2 kiloyear "Bond" event; aridification, cooling; empire collapse; cultural upheaval; mass migrations |
| 5175 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Pre-Harappan civilization disappears from Indus region |
| 5152 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Earthquake Site destruction and abandonment in Palestine/Syria |
| 5182 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Earthquakes, crustal movement, floods, Indus Valley |
| 5168 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Site Destruction and abandoment in southern and central Greece |
| 5154 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Site Destruction and abandonment in Mesopotamia/Iran |
| 5186 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 2300BC | Rakshasos, falling meteoroids, associated with "terrible clamor" and sea level rise in Southern India |
| 5163 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Anatolia and Cyprus |
| 5151 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Abrupt Climate Change Syria and Palestine |
| 5176 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Widespread site abandonment in Central Asia |
| 5153 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes Mesopotamia/Iran |
| 5468 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2300BC | Urukagina; first law code in recorded history |
| 5185 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Land subsidence, Sri Lanka |
| 5164 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Site Destruction and abandonment in Anatolia (Troy incl.) |
| 5166 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Earthquake and crustal warping in Anatolia, Black Sea, and Rhodes |
| 1154 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2349BC | Tree ring evidence, Ireland, "Noah's flood" |
| 5387 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2350BC | Akkadian Empire created by Sargon controlled Mesopotamia, the Levant, and parts of Iran |
| 5390 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2400BC | Gutian people in Zagros mountains; pale in complexion and blonde; rapacious barbarians from east central Asia |
| 5393 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 2500BC | Linear A writing system; Minoan language connected to Etruscan? |
| 5386 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2600BC | Umm an-Nar culture in northern Oman and Abu Dhabi; beehive tombs with pottery vessels of Mesopotamian origin |
| 5394 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2600BC | Cretan hieroglyphs, artefacts of Minoans |
| 5431 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2800BC | Catacomb culture, Ukraine, corded ware pottery, polished battle axe, cranial deformation |
| 5425 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2800BC | Bell-Beaker maritime culture, spread over Europe, emerged from the lower Rhine and North Sea regions |
| 5400 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2900BC | Corded Ware culture, Battle Axe Culture, Single Grave Culture; major north and central European culture from the Rhine to the Volga; related to Yamna |
| 5438 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3000BC | Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex civilisation of Central Asia; monumental structures; evidence of wheeled transport |
| 5442 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 3200BC | Ancient Irish ancestors came from Middle East, Pontic steppe |
| 5462 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 3250BC | Piora Oscillation sudden cooling: volcanic eruption or a meteor or an asteroid impact event |
| 5466 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3300BC | Indus Valley Civilisation; urban planning, metallurgy, wheeled transport, trade network, writing |
| 5463 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3300BC | Egyptian hieroglyphs |
| 5432 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3500BC | Afanasevo culture, south Siberia, Altai mountains, mixed Europoid, wheel, metals, Tarim mummies |
| 5401 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3600BC | Yamna or Yamnaya culture; Pit Grave Culture; Ochre Grave Culture, develops on the Pontic Steppes |
| 5370 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 3900BC | The 5.9 kiloyear "Bond" event; intense aridification, cooling; triggered worldwide migrations |
| 5435 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3950BC | Maykop culture W. Caucasus between Black Sea and Caspian; ties to the Iranian plateau and to South Central Asia |
| 5429 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 4000BC | Sredny Stog culture on the Dnieper river, origin of Indo-Europeans? Horse domestication, corded ware pottery |
| 5457 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 4350BC | Leyla-Tepe culture; S. Caucasus Azerbaijan; amphora burials |
| 5427 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5000BC | Khvalynsk on the Volga culture |
| 5458 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5000BC | Uruk of Sumer; early state formation and urbanization |
| 5428 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5025BC | Samara culture, middle Volga; Dnieper-Donets culture |
| 5459 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5400BC | Eridu: earliest city in southern Mesopotamia |
| 5430 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Dnieper–Donets culture, north of Black Sea, late Cro-Magnons contemporaneous with Samara culture, succeeded by Yamna |
| 5461 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Sumer: first urban civilization in Mesopotamia |
| 5439 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Early metallurgy: copper smelting, Belovode, Serbia: Vinča culture |
| 5426 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5700BC | Vinča culture, Balkans, earliest copper metallurgy |
| 5460 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Choga Mami, Samarran culture site, S. Iraq; first evidence of canal irrigation |
| 5409 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Cucuteni-Trypillian culture centered on modern-day Moldova with small villages to "vast settlements" |
| 1805 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Storegga slide tsunami, North Sea Doggerland |
| 1633 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Towering ancient tsunami in Mediterranean, Etna avalanche |
| 5364 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 6200BC | The 8.2 kiloyear "Bond" event; Misox oscillation; Finse event; sudden decrease in global temperatures |
| 5414 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6200BC | Starčevo–Kőrös–Criş culture, central and south central Europe, Romania to Serbia, Montenegro |
| 5413 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6300BC | Bug-Dniester culture, Moldavia and Ukraine |
| 5244 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 6850BC | Sesklo culture, Thessaly, Greece used advanced agriculture and made pottery |
| 5243 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 7250BC | 'Ain Ghazal Neolithic site near Amman, Jordan, settled |
| 5372 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 7400BC | The 9.4 kiloyear "Bond" Event |
| 5464 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 7500BC | Neolithic subpluvial wet period begins; wet and rainy N. Africa for 2K years |
| 5422 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 7500BC | Çatalhöyük, southern Anatolia, proto-city, trade network |
| 5389 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 7640BC | Tollmann's hypothetical bolide impact event |
| 5441 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 8000BC | Stonehenge complex early stages of development |
| 5373 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 8300BC | The 10.3 kiloyear "Bond" event |
| 5419 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 8400BC | Nevalı Çori, Anatolia; temples and monumental sculpture; Einkorn wheat first domesticated; ceramic firing |
| 5421 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 8700BC | Tell Aswad settlement, Syria, invented bricks, trade network, domesticated emmer wheat |
| 5423 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 9000BC | Karaca Dağ, eastern Turkey, site of first domestication of einkorn wheat |
| 5374 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 9100BC | The 11.1 kiloyear "Bond" event |
| 5420 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 10200BC | Mureybetian culture, Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, northern Syria; early agriculture, animal domestication |
| 5377 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 years ago |
| 5380 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Comprehensive Analysis of Impact Spherules Supports Theory of Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago |
| 5379 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis |
| 5365 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 10900BC | The Younger Dryas; sharp decline in temperature over most of the northern hemisphere |
| 5367 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Younger Dryas impact hypothesis; Clovis comet cause Holocene extinction, global cooling |
| 5376 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Palaeolithic extinctions and the Taurid Complex |
| 5369 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 10900BC | Laacher See formed by a Plinian eruption; widespread destruction; two decades of environmental disruption |
| 5424 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 10900BC | Holocene extinction; The Sixth Extinction; Younger Dryas Impact Event |
| 5378 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Very high-temperature impact melt products as evidence for cosmic airbursts and impacts 12,900 years ago |
| 5368 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 10900BC | Ice core data supports ancient space impact idea |
| 5388 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 11000BC | Göbekli Tepe predates pottery, metallurgy, and the invention of writing or the wheel |
| 5418 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 12500BC | Natufian culture of the Eastern Mediterranean; domestication of dogs |
| 5488 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 14000BC | Sunduki the Siberian Stonehenge |
| 5489 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 14000BC | Giant Megaliths in Siberia Largest in the World |
| 5402 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 22000BC | Mal'ta-Buret' culture west of Lake Baikal similar to coeval cultures of Western and Eastern Europe |