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The 9th millennium BC marks the beginning of the Neolithic period. Agriculture spread throughout the Fertile Crescent and use of pottery became more widespread. Larger settlements like Jericho arose along salt and flint trade routes. Northern Eurasia was resettled as the glaciers of the last glacial maximum retreated. World population was at a few million people, likely below 5 million. ==Events== *c. 9000 BC—Mediterranean—Settling on Mediterranean isles started *c. 9000 BC—Laacher See, northwest of Frankfurt, formed when a volcano blows out to form a caldera *c. 9000 BC—Neolithic culture begins in Ancient Near East *c. 9000 BC—Göbekli Tepe—Carved stone hilltop sanctuary in southeastern Turkey. *c. 10000-8000 BC—Kermanshah region was also one of the first places in which human settlements emerged, including Asiab, Qazanchi, Tappeh Sarab, Chia Jani, and Ganj-Darreh. *c. 9000 BC—Jericho is founded *c. 8700 BC–8400 BC—Britain—Star Carr site in Yorkshire, Britain inhabited by Maglemosian peoples *c. 8500 BC—Great Britain—Mesolithic hunters camp at Cramond, Prehistoric Scotland *c. 8000 BC—Wall of Jericho is built in the city of Jericho, which is already over 1,000 years old *c. 8000 BC—Norway—Øvre Eiker of Norway inhabited *c. 8000 BC—Estonia—Pulli is inhabited as the first known settlement in Estonia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「9th millennium BC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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