43rd century BC Chr.

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The 43rd century BC Chr. Began on January 1 v 4300th And ended on December 31, 4201 BC. This corresponds to the period 6250 to 6151 before today or the interval 5425 to 5337 radiocarbon years .

Age / Epoch

• Late Atlantic (AT3), lower level 1 (4550 to 4050 BC), with water levels rising again.
• Early Neolithic in Central Europe .

Time calculation

• 4300 BC Chr .:
  • Theta Bootis takes over the position of the visible star closest to the celestial pole (today's Pole Star position ) and becomes 3942 BC. Replaced by Thuban .
• 4242 BC Chr .:
  • Egyptian New Year's Day on July 19, the oldest known calendar day (as of 2006).

Developments, inventions and discoveries

Le Menec near Carnac, Brittany

• First appearance of the funnel beaker culture in northern and eastern Germany .
• 4250 to 3750 BC Chr .:
  • In Le Menec near Carnac in France , eleven stone rows of menhirs are erected.

Archaeological cultures

Cultures in North Africa

• Tenerife (5200 to 2500 BC) in the Ténéré desert with Gobero site .

Cultures in Egypt

• Merimde culture (4800 to 4250 BC) in Lower Egypt
• In Upper Egypt there is the Badari culture (4400 to 4000 BC)
• Naqada culture (Naqada I - 4500 to 3500 BC)

Cultures in Mesopotamia and the Middle East

• Obed culture in Mesopotamia (5500 to about 3500 BC) - Obed III
• Tappe Sialk (6000 to 2500 BC) in Iran - Sialk III
• Amuq (6000 to 2900 BC) in Turkey - Amuq D
• Mersin (5400 to 2900 BC) in Anatolia - Mersin 16
• Eridu (from 5300 to approx. 1950 BC) in Mesopotamia - Eridu 11-9
• Tappa Gaura (5000 to 1500 BC) in northern Mesopotamia - Tappa Gaura 17-14
• Nineveh (from 6500 BC) in northern Mesopotamia - Nineveh 3
• Tell Hammam et-Turkman IV d in Syria
• Tall Leilan VI b in Syria

Cultures in East Asia

• China :
  • Laoguantai culture (6000 to 3000 BC), upper Yellow River
  • Dadiwan culture (5800-3000 BC), upper Yellow River
  • Hemudu culture (5200 to 4500 BC, later dating 5000 to 3300 BC), Zhejiang
  • Baiyangcun culture (5000 to 3700 BC, is also dated to more recent: 3000 to 1700 BC), Yunnan
  • Yangshao culture (5000 to 2000 BC), central and northern China
  • Caiyuan culture (4800 to 3900 BC), northwest China ( Ningxia )
  • Majiabang culture (4750 to 3700 BC), Lower Yangtze River
  • Hongshan Culture (4700-2900 BC), Northeast China
  • Daxi culture (4400 to 3300 BC), middle Yangtze River
• Korea :
  • Early Jeulmun period (6000 to 3500 BC).
• Japan :
  • Jōmon period (10,000 to 300 BC) - earliest Jōmon period - Jōmon II (8,000 to 4,000 BC)

Cultures in Europe

Clay pot of the Lengyel culture , Moravia, 4300 BC Chr.

Funnel beaker culture collar flask

• Northeast Europe :
  • Pit ceramic culture (4200 to 2000 BC) (however radiocarbon dating : 5600 to 2300 BC)
  • Narva culture (5300 to 1750 BC)
  • Neman culture (7000 to 3000 BC)

• Eastern Europe :
  • Kurgan cultures (5000 to 3000 BC) in Kazakhstan and Eastern Europe
  • Lengyel culture (4900 to 3950 BC)
• Southeast Europe :
  • Cucuteni culture (4800 to 3200 BC): phase A or Tripolje B 1 (4500 to 4200 BC)
  • Gumelniţa culture (4700 to 3700 BC): phase Gumelniţa A2 (4500 to 3950 BC)
  • Varna culture (4400 to 4100 BC) in Bulgaria
  • The Boian culture begins in Romania and Bulgaria (4300 to 3500 BC) - Phase I - Bolintineanu phase, 4300-4200 BC. Chr.

• Central Europe ( Early Neolithic - 4400 to 3500 BC):
  • Ertebølle culture (5100 to 4100 BC) in Denmark and northern Germany
  • Beginning of the Gatersleben culture (4300 to 3900 BC),
  • the Jordansmühler culture (4300 to 3900 BC) and the
  • Rössen culture - 4300 to 3500 BC Chr.
• Western Europe :
  • Chassey-Lagozza-Cortaillod culture (4600 to 2400 BC).
  • Megalithic cultures :
    • France (4700 to 2000 BC).
    • Malta - Red Scorba Phase (4400 to 4100 BC).

Cultures in america

• North and Mesoamerica :
  • Archaic period .
  • Coxcatlán phase (5000–3400 BC) in Tehuacán (Mexico).
• South America :
  • Chinchorro culture (7020 to 1500 BC) in northern Chile and southern Peru.
  • Middle Pre-Ceramic (7000 to 4000 BC) in northern Chile . Lower Alto Barranco and Alto Aguada along the Pacific coast and Rinconada in the hinterland.