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5500 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. 5500 BC | Persia [tools] | Copper is smelted in Persia, the first metal to be smelted. | | c. 5500 BC | Europe [animal husbandry] | The wheat–barley/cattle–pigs–sheep agricultural complex reaches what is modern Bulgaria. The complex diffuses both east and west at a rate of about 1.5 km/1 mi per year from its centre in the fertile crescent. |
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