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Canada1000Wars
Norse explorers established the first known European settlement in North America, predating Columbus by nearly 500 years with archaeological evidence of conflict.
Voyages from Iceland reached Greenland, where colonists founded settlements along its western coast. - summary
Iran480 BCEWars
Xerxes I's invasion of Greece at Salamis and Plataea represented the Achaemenid Empire at maximum territorial ambition before its eventual decline.
The Achaemenid Empire was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. - summary
Germany14200 BCEFestivals
The oldest known deliberate animal burial reveals ceremonial practice and emotional attachment, evidence of proto-religious behavior in the earliest human communities.
Neolithic Greece is an archaeological term used to refer to the Neolithic phase of Greek history, beginning with the spread of farming to Greece in 7000–6500 BC, and ending around 3200 BC. - summary
Syria9650 BCEDisasters
A volcanic eruption and climate shock (the Younger Dryas) forced the abandonment of one of the earliest Neolithic settlements, reshaping human migration patterns.
Born in al-Jabur, Arabia to the Banu Daws clan of the Zahran tribe, he converted to Islam around 7 AH following the Battle of Khaybar, and later became a member of the Suffah after migrating to Medina. - summary
Palestine9650 BCEFestivals
Natufian ceremonial center with structured burial grounds and evidence of organized communal religious gatherings.
Excavations by Nigel Goring-Morris of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were started in the early 1990s. - summary
Levant9500 BCETech launches
The invention of composite sickles with flint blades enabled large-scale grain harvesting, catalyzing the Neolithic agricultural revolution across the Fertile Crescent.
Around 9500 BCE in the Levant, during the early Neolithic period, humans developed sickle blades—curved cutting tools that would reshape civilization itself. - summary
Israel9500 BCEFestivals
Natufian settlement evidence suggests organized seasonal gathering for fishing competitions and communal feasting along the Jordan Valley.
The settlement is an example of hunter-gatherer sedentism, a crucial step in the transition from foraging to farming. - summary
Iraq9500 BCEDisasters
Archaeological evidence of catastrophic inundation shaped early Mesopotamian settlement strategies and influenced proto-religious flood narratives.
The Pearl River Basin is one of China's largest river basins, located in South China within total area approximately 453,700 square kilometers in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian province… - summary
Egypt9500 BCEWars
The earliest documented evidence of organized warfare between Nile Valley hunter-gatherer groups, marked by skeletal trauma and mass burial sites.
It was a major mining region and trade route east from the Nile Valley in ancient times, and three thousand years of rock carvings and graffiti make it a major scientific and tourist site today. - summary
Iraq9300 BCEWars
Some of the earliest known defensive walls in Mesopotamia reveal organized inter-community conflict and military coordination.
BP in two main phases: Abu Hureyra 1, dated to the Epipalaeolithic, was a village of sedentary hunter-gatherers; Abu Hureyra 2, dated to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, was home to some of the world's first farmers. - summary
Turkey8600 BCEFestivals
A pre-agricultural temple sanctuary with ritual pillars reveals the spiritual motivations driving early settlement and communal labor.
Together with the earlier site of Göbekli Tepe and other Taş Tepeler sites, it has revolutionised scientific understanding of the Eurasian Neolithic period. - summary
Palestine8500 BCEWars
Earliest monumental defensive architecture reveals organized community labor and suggests prehistoric warfare or territorial conflict.
Around 8500 BCE, the settlement at Jericho—located in what is now the Palestinian territories near the Dead Sea—underwent a dramatic transformation. - summary
Turkey8500 BCEElections
Evidence of collective decision-making assemblies at early Neolithic sites represents proto-democratic governance preceding formal state institutions.
By comparison of the few surviving carpets with their painted counterparts, these paintings helped to establish a timeline of their production, and support our knowledge about the early Turkish carpet. - summary
Switzerland8300 BCESports
Paleolithic carved figures depicting human athletic competition suggest formalized running contests predating organized civilization.
The prehistory of Southeast Europe, defined roughly as the territory of the wider Southeast Europe covers the period from the Upper Paleolithic, beginning with the presence of Homo sapiens in the area some 44,000 year… - summary
Turkey8000 BCEFestivals
This ritual structure in southern Anatolia represents evidence of early religious ceremonies and shared ceremonial gathering among Neolithic communities.
It is located in Diyarbakır Province forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, one hundred and forty kilometres north-east of Şanlıurfa, at the foot of the Taurus mountains. - summary
China7000 BCESports
Archaeological evidence from Banpo village suggests early competitive games and athletic contests among Neolithic Yellow River communities.
A billing and settlement plan (BSP) (also known as "Bank Settlement Plan") business process is an electronic billing system designed to facilitate the flow of data and funds between travel agencies and airlines. - summary
Iraq3500 BCESports
Archaeological evidence of organized sporting contests and public games in early Mesopotamian city-states reveals proto-Olympic competitions predating the Greek games by 3,000 years.
Susa was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about 250 km (160 mi) east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran. - summary
Global2021
On this day (05/23), 5 years ago: A cable car falls from a mountain near Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
On 23 May 2021, an aerial tram on the Stresa–Alpino–Mottarone Cable Car crashed to the ground after a traction or haulage cable snapped about five metres (16 ft) from the summit of Mottarone, a mountain near Lake Magg… - summary
