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> 7000 years ago is the edge of recorded human civilization (well 8000 years The earliest pre-pottery Neolithic complexes are nearly 4000 years older than that
by masklinn 3mo ago
> 7000 years ago is the edge of recorded human civilization
(well 8000 years
The earliest pre-pottery Neolithic complexes are nearly 4000 years older than that.
- ikidd 3mo agoDid they have writing and kept records that we've found? That's the "recorded" part.
- 0points 3mo agoIn Norway, the oldest written records are barely 1000 years old.
- masklinn 3mo agoIf writing is your yardstick then 7000 years is way too far back. There was likely proto-writing back then (some of the figures at gobekli tepe are found in a very similar form in later scripts of the area[1], there are clearer forms of proto-writings from CA 6000~7000 BCE in various cultures) however writing proper is only currently known from 3000 BCE onwards. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330759548_World's_First_Known_Written_Word_at_Gobekli_Tepe_on_T-Shaped_Pillar_18_Means_God https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330759548_World's_F...
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- ck2 3mo agosome disagreement emerges from the fact that there are several "cradles" of civilization, not just one where everything spread from so they each have different timelines/landmarks * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_civilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle_of_civilization > The concept of a cradle of civilization has a focus where the inhabitants came to build cities, to create writing systems, to experiment in techniques for making pottery and using metals, to domesticate animals, and to develop complex social structures involving class systems > Today, scholarship generally identifies six areas where civilization emerged independently: the Fertile Crescent, including Mesopotamia and the Levant; the Nile Valley in Northeast Africa; the Indo-Gangetic Plain; the North China Plain; the Andean Coast; and the Mesoamerican Gulf Coast