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<attn>PREHISTORIC PEOPLE TIMELINE. BLOCK STYLE</attn>
<article>
<timeline type=block>
<start><date>10000 BC</date></start>
<end><date>1 BC</date></end>
<timebar fid="scale005">
<columns number=4>
<range>
<time><from>10000 BC</from><to>9001 BC</to></time>
<slider>10000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Wild wheat being gathered in Palestine</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p></p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>9000 BC</from><to>8001 BC</to></time>
<slider>9000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>First farmers in Middle East</p>
<p>Saharan rock paintings</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Hunter-gatherers</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Farming in Peru</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>8000 BC</from><to>7001 BC</to></time>
<slider>8000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p>Rice farming in Thailand</p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Burials in North America</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>7000 BC</from><to>6001 BC</to></time>
<slider>7000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>¸Catal H¨uy¨uk settlement</p>
<p>Pottery</p>
<p>Wheel invented</p>
<p>Earliest textiles at ¸Catal H¨uy¨uk</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Farming in Balkans</p>
<p>Sheep</p>
<p>Cereals</p>
<p>Goats</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Farming in New Guinea</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>6000 BC</from><to>5001 BC</to></time>
<slider>6000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Copper used</p>
<p>Settlements in Mesopotamia</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Gold</p>
<p>Copper</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p>Farming and pottery in China</p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p></p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>5000 BC</from><to>4001 BC</to></time>
<slider>5000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Sail</p>
<p>Plough</p>
<p>Bronze worked</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Megalithic tombs</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p>Rice farming in China</p>
<p>Horse domesticated</p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Maize cultivation in Mexico</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>4000 BC</from><to>3001 BC</to></time>
<slider>4000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Cuneiform writing in Sumeria</p>
<p>Hieroglyphics in Egypt</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Flint mines</p>
<p>Animals used to pull ploughs</p>
<p>First wheeled vehicles</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p>Ploughs used and jade worked in China</p>
<p>Bronze worked in China and Thailand</p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Pottery in Guyana</p>
<p>Llamas used in Peru</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>3000 BC</from><to>2001 BC</to></time>
<slider>3000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Egyptian pyramids</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p>Silk weaving in China</p>
<p>Cities in the Indus Valley</p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Temple mounds in Peru</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>2000 BC</from><to>1001 BC</to></time>
<slider>2000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Iron worked in Anatolia (Turkey)</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Main phase of building of Stonehenge</p>
<p>Hieroglyphic writing in Crete</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p>Cities appear in China</p>
<p>Rice growing in Korea</p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Metal working and cotton in Peru</p>
</column>
</range>
<range>
<time><from>1000 BC</from><to>1 BC</to></time>
<slider>1000 BC</slider>
<column number=1>
<p>Phoenician alphabet</p>
</column>
<column number=2>
<p>Hillforts, western Europe</p>
<p>Iron working in Britain</p>
<p>Greek coins</p>
<p>Celtic coins</p>
</column>
<column number=3>
<p></p>
</column>
<column number=4>
<p>Settlements in Polynesia</p>
<p>Pictographic writing</p>
</column>
</range>
</timeline>
</article>