General
Population: Perhaps 5-20 million*
Africa
- Civilizations in Fayoum and Nubia
Egyptian communities grow wheat and barley, create irrigation canals
Americas
- Chonchorros people in Chile
Corn (maize) cultivated in Mexico
Cochise, Chumash cultures in U.S.
Asia
- Rice cultivated in China
Jade imported into China from Siberia
Stone-age tools found
Europe
- Copper and gold work
Farming in southern France
Karanova settlement in Bulgaria
Bumelnitsa culture in Romania
Britain divided from the rest of Europe due to rising sea levels from warming after ice age
Balkan farming, pottery, and copper mining
Plows used for farming
Horses domesticated in Russia
Middle East
- First cities in Sumer
Copper used, cattle domestication in Mesopotamia
Pacific