(4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – Syria) (29th century BC )

Significant persons

• Djoser, king of Egypt, commissions the Step Pyramid at Saqqara.
• 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 Sumeria (2371–2316 BC)
• Ur-Nammu founder of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (2112–2095 BC)

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• Pottery developed in Americas (30th century BC)
• Domestication of the horse in Central Asia
• 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 Sumeria
• Near East civilizations enter Bronze Age around 3000 BC
• Oldest known medicine wheel constructed in the Americas

Cultural landmarks

• Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza
• Completion of first phase of Stonehenge monument in England

Centuries

• 30th century BC
• 29th century BC
• 28th century BC
• 27th century BC
• 26th century BC
• 25th century BC
• 24th century BC
• 23rd century BC
• 22nd century BC
• 21st century BC