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Encyclopedia > 5000 BCE

(6th millennium BC5th millennium BC4th millennium BCother millennia)


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Periods

  • c. 4570–4250 BC – Merimde culture on the Nile
  • c. 4400–4000 BC – Badari culture on the Nile

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As early as the 15th century BCE, Megiddo led a confederation of rebel Canaanite cities which attempted to overthrow Egyptian rule in Asia, only to be defeated by an Egyptian army led by Pharaoh Thutmose III.
In 609 BCE Josiah, King of Judah, was slain at Megiddo by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, an ally of the crumbling Assyrian army in its last-ditch efforts against the Babylonians.
According to Finkelstein it dates to the 10th century BCE and was destroyed in the late 10th century, either by the expanding Israelite Northern Kingdom or by the Egyptians.
5th millennium BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (420 words)
4300 BCE - Theta Boötis became the nearest visible star to the celestial north pole.
4004 BCE - According to the chronology of Archbishop James Ussher of Armagh, this is when the universe is created at nightfall preceding October 23.
5000 BCE – The beginning of the Yangshao culture in China.
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