Spread of agriculture to Europe
6,500 BCE* · Event
Farming reaches the Mediterranean and Danube basin from the Near East.
On these timelines: Master
Around 6500 BCE
- Maize domesticated in Mesoamerica (7000 BCE)
- Çatalhöyük at its peak (7000 BCE)
- Çatalhöyük settlement (7100 BCE)
- Earliest evidence of lead smelting (6500 BCE)
- Green Sahara and Saharan rock art (6000 BCE)
- Vinča culture (5700 BCE)