Farming and the New Stone Age
10000 BC to 3500 BC, about 6,500 years
People begin to farm, keep animals and live in villages, at different times in different places.
The twelve eras, each step to the right ten times closer to today.
Meanwhile, around the world
The 3 places on this site that we know from this era. Today’s coastlines.
Region by region
The whole world
- about 11,700 years agoThe last ice age ends
Africa
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
The Americas
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Asia
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
Europe
- About 11,000 years agoHunters camp at Star Carr
- About 4000 BCFarming reaches Britain
The Middle East
- from about 9600 BCGreat stone enclosures
- from about 9600 BCGöbekli Tepe, Türkiye
Oceania
Nothing written here yet. This is a gap in the archive, not in history.
On the school courses
- Primary: Key Stage 2 (ages 7 to 11) Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age