Family information unknown

General

Population: Perhaps 5-20 million*

Africa

• Civilizations in Fayoum and Nubia
  Egyptian communities grow wheat and barley, create irrigation canals

Americas

• Chonchorros people in Chile
  Corn (maize) cultivated in Mexico
  Cochise, Chumash cultures in U.S.

Asia

• Rice cultivated in China
  Jade imported into China from Siberia
  Stone-age tools found

Europe

• Copper and gold work
  Farming in southern France
  Karanova settlement in Bulgaria
  Bumelnitsa culture in Romania
  Britain divided from the rest of Europe due to rising sea levels from warming after ice age
  Balkan farming, pottery, and copper mining
  Plows used for farming
  Horses domesticated in Russia

Middle East

• First cities in Sumer
  Copper used, cattle domestication in Mesopotamia

Pacific

• Rock art in Australia