    the 9th millennium bc marks the beginning of the neolithic period. agriculture spread throughout the fertile crescent and use of pottery became more widespread. larger settlements like jericho arose along salt and flint trade routes. northern eurasia was resettled as the glaciers of the last glacial maximum retreated. world population was at a few million people, likely below 5 million. ==events== *c. 9000 bcâmediterraneanâsettling on mediterranean isles started *c. 9000 bcâlaacher see, northwest of frankfurt, formed when a volcano blows out to form a caldera *c. 9000 bcâneolithic culture begins in ancient near east *c. 9000 bcâgÃ¶bekli tepeâcarved stone hilltop sanctuary in southeastern turkey. *c. 10000-8000 bcâkermanshah region was also one of the first places in which human settlements including asiab, qazanchi, tappeh sarab, chia jani, and ganj-darreh. *c. 9000 bcâjericho is founded *c. 8700 bcâ8400 bcâbritainâstar carr site in yorkshire, britain inhabited by maglemosian peoples *c. 8500 bcâgreat britainâmesolithic hunters camp at cramond, prehistoric scotland *c. 8000 bcâwall of jericho is built in the city of jericho, which is already over 1,000 years old *c. 8000 bcânorwayâÃvre eiker of norway inhabited *c. 8000 bcâestoniaâpulli settlement inhabited ==inventions and discoveries== *c. 9000 bcâthe first evidence of the keeping of sheep, in northern iraq.roberts, j: "history of the world." penguin, 1994. *c. 9000 bcâdiscovery of copper in middle east *c. 8500 bcânatufian culture of western mesopotamia is harvesting wild wheat with flint-edged sickles. (1967 mcevedy) about this time, boats are invented, and dogs domesticated in europe. (1967 mcevedy) *c. 8500 bcâ[[and
9th_millennium_BC Mesolithic Millennia