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4500 BC| c. 8000 BC–c. 2700 BC | Europe [tools] | The Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age begins in western Europe. It is characterized by the use of microliths (very small stone tools mounted on a shaft), chipped stone tools, and bone, antler, and wooden tools. Important inventions include the barbed fish-hook, harpoon, woven basket, clay cooking pot, and the comb. Some examples of these tools have been found at Star Carr in Yorkshire, England. | | c. 4500 BC | China [colonization] | The fourth of the great Neolithic river valley civilizations is formed on China's Huang He or Yellow River, the other three being the Nile, the Tigris–Euphrates, and the Indus valley civilizations. The oldest culture in the Huang He region is known as Dang-shao, economically based on millet, the pig, the goat, and the dog. |
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