8th millennium BC

(9th millennium BC – 8th millennium BC – 7th millennium BC – other millennia)

The Copper Age, rise of agriculture

Events

The south area of Çatalhöyük. An archaeological dig is in progress.

• Circa 8000 BCE–Settlements at Nevali Cori in present-day Turkey are established
• Circa 8000 BCE–Settlements in Øvre Eiker and Nedre Eiker in present-day Buskerud, Norway are established.
• Circa 8000 BCE–Settlements in Ærø, Denmark are established.
• Circa 8000 BCE–Settlements in Deepcar near present-day Sheffield, England are established.
• Circa 8000 BCE–Glaciers form the rock formation in present-day New Hampshire commonly known as the "Old Man of the Mountain."
• Circa 7500 BCE–Howick house in Northumberland, England constructed
• Circa 7500 BCE–Çatalhöyük, a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement in southern Anatolia, is founded.
• Circa 7500 BCE–Cattle Period begins in the Sahara.
• 7193 BCE–According to Korean legend, an alliance of northern Altaic tribes under a "Huan" (Hun) ruler predates the establishment of China.
• 7000 BCE–The earliest possible rise of the Punjab culture, a precursor to the Indus Valley Civilization.

Inventions and discoveries

• Potatoes and beans are cultivated in South America
• Beginning of rice cultivation in East Asia
• Domestication of the cat and Bos aegyptiacus ox in Ancient Egypt
• Domestication of sheep in Southwest Asia