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The 10th millennium BC marks the beginning of the Mesolithic and Epipaleolithic periods, which is the first part of the Holocene epoch. Agriculture, based on the cultivation of primitive forms of millet and rice, occurred in Southwest Asia.〔Roberts (1994)〕 Although agriculture was being developed in the Fertile Crescent, it would not be widely practiced for another 2,000 years. The world population was between one and ten million people, most of whom were hunter-gatherer communities scattered over all continents except Antarctica and Zealandia. The Würm glaciation ended, and the beginning interglacial, which endures to this day, allowed the re-settlement of northern regions. ==Events== *c. 10,603 BC; Comet Hale-Bopp appears. It does not come back until the 8th millennium BC *c. 10,000 BC; First cave drawings of the Mesolithic period are made, with war scenes and religious scenes. *c. 10,000 BC; Bottle Gourd is domesticated and used as a carrying vessel. *c. 10,000 BC; end of the most recent glaciation. *c. 9700 BC; Younger Dryas cold period and the Pleistocene epoch ends, start of the Holocene epoch. *c. 9500 BC; There is evidence of harvesting, though not necessarily cultivation, of wild grasses in Asia Minor about this time. *c. 9500 BC; First building phase of the temple complex at Göbekli Tepe. *c. 9300 BC; figs were apparently cultivated in the Jordan River valley.〔Kislev ''et al.'' (2006a, b), Lev-Yadun ''et al.'' (2006)〕 *c. 9100 BC: Oldest radiocarbon date confirmed at Göbekli Tepe's temple complexes *c. 9000 BC; Neolithic culture began in Ancient Near East. *c. 9000 BC: Near East: First stone structures at Jericho are built. 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「10th millennium BC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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