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The Middle East, with its particular characteristics, was not to emerge until the late second millennium AD. To refer to a concept similar to that of today's Middle East but earlier in time, the term ancient Near East is used. This list is intended as a timeline of the history of the Middle East.
World map in 5000 BC. The 5th millennium BC spanned the years (5000 BC - 4001 BC) (c. 7 ka to c. 6 ka), that is, inclusive of 5000 BC but exclusive of 4000 BC. It is impossible to precisely date events that happened around the time of this millennium and all dates mentioned here are estimates mostly based on geological and anthropological analysis.
Haplogroup J-P209, the most common human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup in the Middle East today, is believed to have arisen in the region 31,700 ± 12,800 years ago. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The two main current subgroups, J-M267 and J-M172 , which now comprise between them almost all of the population of the haplogroup, are both believed to have arisen very ...
Mysterious 5,000-year-old ‘Stonehenge of the East’ is drifting over time, study shows ... since its construction 5,000 years ago. ... largescale circles were likely built between 5000 and ...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Claimed by both Israel and the State of Palestine in the Middle East, Jerusalem is considered a holy city by three major religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. ... than 5,000 years ago ...
The site at Dahwa dates back at least 5,000 years to the early Bronze Age, Professor Nasser al-Jahuri, the archaeologist who first discovered the site, said in the release.
The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, ... They reached Australia about 45,000 years ago, ... "proto-literate" cuneiform spread in the Middle East. ...