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7th millennium BC
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millennium between 7000 BC and 6001 BC
The 7th millennium BC is the thousand-year period from 7000 BC to 6001 BC, a time when humans were transitioning from hunting and gathering to farming and settling in permanent communities. This era matters because it marks some of humanity's earliest experiments with agriculture and civilization, laying the groundwork for the complex societies that would develop later.
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- Instance of
- millennium
- Followed by
- 6th millennium BC
- Follows
- 8th millennium BC
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- 7th millennium BC
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- Category:7th millennium BC
- point in time
- 7000-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
The 7th millennium BC spanned the years 7000 BC to 6001 BC (c. 9 ka to c. 8 ka). It is impossible to precisely date events around this millennium, and all dates mentioned here are estimates mostly based on geological and anthropological analysis.
Towards the end of this millennium, the islands of Great Britain, and Ireland were severed from continental Europe by rising sea levels.
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