7,000 Years B.C. : When Women Ruled

Based on historical facts, 7,000 Years B.C. delivers an entertaining account and perspective on the daily life in Jarmo, thought to be the first ever human settlement. During the Neolithic period—perhaps the most important in human history—humans switched from hunting and gathering to farming and the domestication of animals, and women enjoyed a prominent role. Not only did women do almost everything, while men merely hunted, but they took sole credit for having babies—unaware that children were born as a result of intercourse between a man and a woman.

The village of Jarmo was a stage of a real revolution marked by drastic behavioral and cultural changes, not only in farming but also in religion, astrology, art, and architecture. 7,000 Years B.C. shines a light on this little-known period of history, resulting in an eye-opening saga of romance and a violent struggle between the ruling women and a group of persistent men seeking equal rights.