The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. It represents a period of time in which imperialism, or the desire to conquer, grew to prominence, in the city states of the Middle East, but also throughout Eurasia, with Indo-European expansion to Anatolia, Europe and Central Asia. The civilization of Ancient Egypt rises to a peak with the Old Kingdom. World population is estimated to have doubled in the course of the millennium, to some 30 million people. These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) // Events Sumerian city of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC); Sumerian hegemony in Mesopotamia, with the invention of writing, base-60 mathematics, astronomy and astrology, civil law, complex hydrology, the sailboat, the wheel, and the potters wheel, 4000... The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... For the language group see Indo-European languages; for other uses see Indo-European (disambiguation) Indo-Europeans are speakers of Indo-European languages. ... The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization complexity and achievement – this was the first of three so-called Kingdom periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the Nile Valley (the... Map of countries by population —showing the population of the Peoples Republic of China and India, the only two countries to have a population greater than a billion. ...

Overview

The previous millennium had seen the emergence of advanced, urbanized civilizations, new bronze metallurgy extending the productivity of agricultural work, and highly developed ways of communication in the form of writing. In the 3rd millennium BC, the growth of these riches, both intellectually and physically, became a source of contention on a political stage, and rulers sought the accumulation of more wealth and more power. Along with this came the first appearances of mega architecture, imperialism, organized absolutism and internal revolution. Illustration of a scribe writing Writing, in its most common sense, is the preservation and the preserved text on a medium, with the use of signs or symbols. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The civilizations of Sumer and Akkad in Mesopotamia became a collection of volatile city-states in which warfare was common. Uninterrupted conflicts drained all available resources, energies and populations. In this millennium, larger empires succeeded the last, and conquerors grew in stature until the great Sargon of Akkad pushed his empire to the whole of Mesopotamia and beyond. It would not be surpassed in size until Assyrian times 1500 years later. Sumer (or Å umer) was the earliest known civilization of the ancient Near East, located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (southeastern Iran) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. The term Sumerian applies... Akkad (or Agade) was a city and its region of northern Mesopotamia, situated on the left bank of the Euphrates, between Sippar and Kish (located in present-day Iraq, ca. ... Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, and parts of eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and southwest Iran. ... A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city. ... Sargon of Akkad, or Sargon the Great (Akkadian Å arukinu, the true king, reigned 2334 BC - 2279 BC, short chronology), founder of the Dynasty of Akkad. ... An Assyrian winged bull, or lemmasu. ...

In the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the idea of absolute ambition was further defined by conquerors. Military expeditions were sent throughout the kingdom to bring back thousands of slaves at a time. The Egyptian pyramids were constructed during this millennium and would remain the tallest and largest human constructions for thousands of years. Also in Egypt, pharaohs began to posture themselves as living Gods made of an essence different from that of other human beings. Even in Europe, which was still largely neolithic during the same period of time, the builders of megaliths were constructing giant monuments of their own. In the Near East and the Occident during the 3rd millennium BC, limits were being pushed by architects and rulers. The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BC when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization complexity and achievement – this was the first of three so-called Kingdom periods, which mark the high points of civilization in the Nile Valley (the... Slave redirects here. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza with Khafres pyramid in the background. ... Pharaoh was the ancient Egyptian name for the office of kingship. ... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Trinomial name Homo sapiens sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 Humans, or human beings, are bipedal primates belonging to the mammalian species Homo sapiens (Latin: wise man or knowing man) in the family Hominidae (the great apes). ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... An array of Neolithic artifacts, including bracelets, axe heads, chisels, and polishing tools. ... Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany Bronze age wedge tomb in the Burren area of Ireland For the record label, see Megalith Records. ... The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists, geographers and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Turkey, Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria). ... Occident has a number of meanings. ...

Towards the close of the millennium, Egypt became the stage of the first popular revolution recorded in history. After lengthy wars, the Sumerians recognized the benefits of unification into a stable form of national government and became a relatively peaceful, well-organized, complex technocratic state called the 3rd dynasty of Ur. This dynasty was later to become involved with a wave of nomadic invaders known as the Amorites, who were to play a major role in the region during the following centuries. The third dynasty of Ur reinstalled Sumerian rule after several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian kings (Sumerian Renaissance). ... Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. ... Amorite (Hebrew ’emōrî, Egyptian Amar, Akkadian Tidnum or Amurrūm (corresponding to Sumerian MAR.TU or Martu) refers to a Semitic people who occupied the country west of the Euphrates from the second half of the third millennium BC, and also the god they worshipped (see Amurru). ...

Events

• Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC).
• Semitic tribes occupy Assyria in northern part of the plain of Shinar and Akkad
• Phoenicians settle on Syrian coast, with centers at Tyre and Sidon
• Beginning of the period of the "Sage Kings" in China
• Việt Nam: Rise of the Văn Lang Kingdom by Hùng Vương I
• c. 2852 BC — 3 August Ones and 5 Emporers, a group of legendary rulers in Ancient China.
• 2815 BC–2294 BC: Old Kingdom of Egypt, 3rd to 6th dynasty
• c. 2800 BC–2700 BC — Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, was made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
• Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam.
• Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree "Methuselah" about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now.
• c. 2500 BCE — Excavation and development of the Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni at Paola, Malta, a subterranean templex complex subsequently used as a necropolis.
• c. 2500 BC–2200 BC — Frying pan, from Syros, Cyclades was made. It is now at National Archeological Museum, Athens.
• c. 2500 BC–2200 BC — Figures of women, from the Cyclades, were made. They are now at Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens.
• Dynasty of Lagash in Sumer.
• Golden age of Ur in Mesopotamia. (2474 BC – 2398 BC)
• Third and Fourth dynasty of Egypt.
• Unified Indus Valley Civilisation (2600 BC).
• Indo-Europeans first invade Greece (23rd century BC).
• Megalithic, Corded Ware culture and the Beaker flourish in Europe.
• c. 2070–1600 BC — Xia Dynasty, first Chinese dynasty and government system established [1]
• Sumerian poetry, lamenting the death of Tammuz, the shepherd god
• Sumerian cuneiform writing reduces pictographs still in use to about 550
• Sumerian chief deities are Mother Goddess Innin and her son Tammuz; similar divinities are worshiped by Egyptians, Hittites, Phoenicians, and Scandinavians
• Major religious festival in Sumeria celebrates victory of god of spring over goddess of chaos
• Earliest Trojan culture
• Glass beads in Egypt

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Environmental changes

• Major migration of Central Saharans into West Africa possibly due to climate change starting in 4th millennium BC.

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Significant persons

• Djoser, king of Egypt, commissions the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
• Gilgamesh, fifth king of the First Dynasty of Uruk, immortalized in the world's first literary work the Epic of Gilgamesh (ca. 26th century BC)
• Khufu, king of Egypt, builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza
• Urukagina, king of Lagash, creates the first known judicial code. (24th century BC)
• Lugalsaggizi, king of Uruk and Umma conquers Lagash (2371–2347 BC)
• Sargon the Great, founder of the empire of Akkad and Sumer (2371–2316 BC middle chronology)
• Ur-Nammu founder of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC middle chronology)
• The Three August Ones and Five Emperors of China

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Cultures

• c. 3000 BC — Cycladic culture started in Ancient Greece.
• c. 3000 BC — Minoan culture appeared on Crete.
• c. 3000 BC — Helladic period started in Ancient Greece.
• Old Elamite period (ca. 2700 BC – 1600 BC).
• Corded Ware culture (also Battle-axe culture, or Single Grave culture).
• Late Maikop culture.
• Late Vinca culture.
• Late Funnelbeaker culture.
• Baden culture.
• Globular Amphora culture.
• Early Beaker culture.
• Yamna culture, Catacomb culture, likely loci of Indo-European Satemization.
• The Sintashta-Petrovka-Arkaim culture emerges from the Catacomb culture from about 2200 BC, likely locus of Proto-Indo-Iranian.

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Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Pottery developed in Americas (30th century BC).
• c. 3000 BC — Potter's wheel appeared in China.
• 2900 BC — 2400 BC; Sumerians invented phonogram (linguistics).
• Chinese record a comet.
• Building of the Great Pyramid of Giza (26th century BC).
• Sails used on ships (20th century BC).
• First ziggurats built in Sumer.
• Near East civilizations enter Bronze Age around 3000 BC.
• Oldest known medicine wheel constructed in the Americas.
• Bronze and metallurgy introduced to Ireland.
• Domestication of the horse in central Eurasia.
• The chariot emerges in Central Asia just before 2000 BC.
• Indoor plumbing and sewage in the Indus Valley Civilization.
• Sumerian medicine discovers the healing qualities of mineral springs
• Weaving loom known in Europe
• Sumerian numerical system based on multiples of 6 and 12
• Egyptians discover use of papyrus
• Bow and arrow used in warfare

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Cultural landmarks

• c. 3000 BC — 2500 BC — Tomb, Newgrange, Ireland, was built.
• c. 2750 BC — 1500 BC — Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, was built.
• Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
• Completion of first phase of Stonehenge monument in England.
• Era of Buena Vista pyramid /observatory in Peru.

(31st century BC - 30th century BC - 29th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2925 - 2776 BC - First Dynasty wars in Egypt 2900 BC - Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Mesopotamia. ... (Redirected from 2500 BC) (26th century BC - 25th century BC - 24th century BC - other centuries) (4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC) Events 2900 - 2334 BC -- Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period 2494 BC -- End of Fourth Dynasty, start of Fifth Dynasty in Egypt. ... Newgrange, which is located at , is one of the passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, and the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites. ... (Redirected from 1500 BC) Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC Events and Trends Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England The element Mercury has been... For other meanings of Stonehenge, see: Stonehenge (disambiguation) Stonehenge is in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ... This article is about the plateau in southern England; Salisbury Plain is also an area on South Georgia Island. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and the largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa ( ). The oldest and only remaining member of the Seven Wonders of the World, it is believed to have been constructed over a 20... For other meanings of Stonehenge, see: Stonehenge (disambiguation) Stonehenge is in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 967 AD  Area  -  Total 130,395 km²  50,346 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 50... Buena Vista is the 20-acre site of an archaeological dig north of Lima, Peru. ...

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