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General

Population: Perhaps 5-10 million*

• Cats domesticate humans
  Humans hunt bison
  Copper objects forged
  Wheat and barley domesticated

Africa

• Floodwater farming along the Nile
  Cave paintings in West Africa
  Painted human figures found

Americas

• Ice age ends

Asia

• Mud brick made
  Pottery in Japan

Europe

• Shellfish consumption
  Agriculture spreads

Middle East

• Settlement at Jericho
  Clay tokens used for trade and measurement
  Agriculture develops - sheep and cattle domesticated