Kardashev index
0.295
Based on primary energy power · Type I = 1
AccelerationFour-dimensional view12,000 years agoThe Agricultural Revolution
10000 BCE
The Origins of Agriculture
Crops were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 to 8000 BC, and people gradually settled down.
Art style · Neolithic painted pottery
Origin of Life on EarthDinosaurs and MammalsAI Agents
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4.5Mpeople
1/1,855 of today
8.8×10⁸W
1/23K of today
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No reliable data yet · data begins 1945
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No reliable data yet · data begins 1620
46km/h
1/873 of today
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France's Chauvet Cave holds a wealth of animal paintings, most dating to about 37,000 to 33,500 years ago. Source
Crops were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 10,000 to 8000 BC, and people gradually settled down. Source
A megalithic complex in present-day Turkey, built around 9500 BC. Source
From about 7100 BC, a large Neolithic settlement grew up in Anatolia. Source
By around 3500 BC, wheels were recorded in use in Sumer. Source
Around 3300 BC, the Near East entered the Bronze Age, bringing harder tools and weapons. Source
Around 3200 BC, the Sumerians began keeping records on clay tablets, developing the earliest known writing. Source
Completed around 2560 BC, it remained the tallest human-made structure for more than 3,700 years. Source
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