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| c. 18,000 years ago |
| | | A bison figurine is carved in mammoth ivory in the region of Zaraysk, southeast of Moscow | |
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| c. 16,000 years ago |
| | | The walls of the complex of caves at Lascaux in France are covered, over the years, with a vast number of paintings of animals | |
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| c. 15,000 years ago |
| | | The walls of Altamira, an extensive cave in Spain, are decorated with paintings and engraved images of horses, deer and above all bison | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Jericho, often quoted as the first town, grows into a settlement covering ten acres | |
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| c. 8000 BC |
| | | Sun-dried bricks are used in the construction of buildings in Jericho | |
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| c. 6500 BC |
| | | The neolithic town of Catal Huyuk has rectangular rooms with windows, a design with lasting appeal | |
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| c. 6500 BC |
| | | The neolithic town of Khirokitia in Cyprus has a paved public street with lanes leading off to courtyards of round tent-like houses | |
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| c. 6500 BC |
| | | Pottery fragments of this date survive in the neolithic site of Catal Huyuk | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | | A passage grave with a superb corbelled dome is constructed on the Île Longue off the southern coast of Brittany | |
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| c. 4000 BC |
| | | A beautiful pestle in the shape of a bird is made in Papua New Guinea, clearly more for ceremonial occasions rather than everyday use | |
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