51st century BC Chr.

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The 51st century BC Chr. Began 5100 v. Chr. And ended at v 5,001th Chr.

Age, epoch

• Atlantic :
  • AT1 (6050 to 5050 BC). Temperature optimum.
  • AT2 (5050 to 4550 BC). Warm climate section.
• The Neolithic subpluvial (7500 to 3900 BC, weakened to 3500 BC) brings a humid climate to North Africa and makes the Sahara green.
• The early Neolithic in Central Europe is coming to an end.

Inventions and discoveries

• Around 5100 BC BC: Cultivation of corn , beans , avocados and pumpkins in Central America .
• Around 5000 BC Chr .: rice cultivation in Asia (on the east coast of China ).

Cultures

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

Terracotta female statuette by Hacılar Höyük , around 5000 BC Chr.

• Mesopotamia and Middle East :
  • Hassuna culture (5800 to 5000 BC) - late stage
  • Halaf culture (5500 to 5000 BC, also 5200 to 4500 BC) - Intermediate level
  • Samarra culture (5500 to 4800 BC) - Intermediate level
  • Obed Period (5500 to 3500 BC) - Obed I.
  • Eridu (from 5300 BC) - Eridu XVI and Eridu XVII
  • Byblos - Late Neolithic (5300 to 4500 BC)
• Turkey :
  • Hacılar Höyük (7030 to 4800 BC) - Layer II
  • Amuq (from 6000 BC) - Amuq C.
  • Mersin (from 5400 BC) - Mersin 22-20
• Pakistan :
  • Mehrgarh - Mehrgarh II (5500 to 4800 BC)
• China :
  • Laoguantai culture (6000 to 3000 BC), upper Yellow River
  • Chengbeixi culture (5800-4700 BC) in Hubei
  • Dadiwan culture (5800-3000 BC), upper Yellow River
  • Peiligang culture (5600 to 4900 BC) in Henan
  • Xinle culture (5500 to 4800 BC) in Liaoning
  • Beixin Culture (5400-4400 BC)
  • Qingliangang culture (5400 to 4400 BC)
  • Hemudu culture (5200 to 4500 BC, more recent dating 5050 to 3350 BC), Zhejiang
  • Tangjiagang culture (5050 to 4450 BC) on the 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)
• Kazakhstan and Eastern Europe ( Russia , Ukraine ):
  • Bug-Dniester culture (6500 to 5000 BC)
• 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).
• Southeast Europe :
  • Starčevo culture (6200 to 5200 BC, more recent dating 5500 to 4500 BC) in Hungary , Serbia , Croatia and Bosnia
  • Vinča culture (5400 to 4500 BC) (or Danube civilization) in Serbia, western Romania, southern Hungary and eastern Bosnia.
• Central Europe :
  • Band ceramic culture (5600 to 4100 BC) in France , Belgium , Germany , Austria , Czech Republic , Poland , Slovakia , Hungary , Romania and Ukraine
  • Alföld linear ceramics (5500 to 4900 BC) in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine
  • Notehead ceramics (5200 to 4700 BC) in Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary
  • The Ertebølle culture (5100 to 4100 BC) in Denmark and northern Germany begins
  • Swifterbant culture (5000 to 3400 BC) in the Netherlands , Belgium, and Lower Saxony (in the Netherlands it dates from 5700 to 4100 BC)
• North and Mesoamerica :
  • Archaic period .
• 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.
  • Inga culture in Ecuador (from 5050 BC to around 4600 BC, early dating to 7000 BC and older)
  • Las Vegas Culture in Ecuador (8000 to 4600 BC)