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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
* | [[Image:Sahara desert.jpg|thumb|right|The sun shines over Saharan dunes.]] | ||
*[[4th millennium BC#3200 BC climate change|Major climate shift]] possibly due to shift in [[sun|solar]] activity. [[Glacier]]s expand, covering plants. Atmospheric temperatures fall. | |||
*[[Sahara]] changes from a habitable region into a barren [[desert]]. | |||
*Unification of the first [[Ancient Egypt]]ian state, marking the beginning of the Ancient Egyptian civilization. | |||
*[[Ancient Egypt]] begins using [[clay]], [[bone]] and [[ivory]] tags to label boxes. This is possibly the oldest writing in existence. | |||
*[[Indus Valley Civilization]] (also known as Harappan civilization or Sindu-Sarasvati civilization) began in [[Harappa]]. | |||
*c. [[3300 BC]] — [[Pictograph]]s in [[Uruk]]. | |||
*3300 BC – [[3000 BC]]: Face of a woman, from [[Uruk]] (modern [[Warka]], [[Iraq]]) is made. It is now in [[Iraq Museum]], [[Baghdad]] (stolen and recovered [[2003]]). | |||
* Death of [[Ginger (mummy)|'Ginger']], the earliest known ancient Egyptian "mummy". | |||
==Significant persons== | ==Significant persons== | ||
* | *[[Krishna]] | ||
==Inventions, discoveries, introductions== | ==Inventions, discoveries, introductions== | ||
* | * The Bronze Age begins in the Fertile Crescent. (Roux 1980) | ||
* Cattle introduced to the Nile valley. ('Eurasia') | |||
* Egyptians domesticate the wild ass of North Africa. (Clutton-Brock) | |||
* c. 3250 BC - [[Potter's wheel]] in use in [[Ancient Near East]] | |||
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[[Category:4th millennium BC|-7]] | |||
[[Category:Centuries|-67]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 10 April 2009
Events
- Major climate shift possibly due to shift in solar activity. Glaciers expand, covering plants. Atmospheric temperatures fall.
- Sahara changes from a habitable region into a barren desert.
- Unification of the first Ancient Egyptian state, marking the beginning of the Ancient Egyptian civilization.
- Ancient Egypt begins using clay, bone and ivory tags to label boxes. This is possibly the oldest writing in existence.
- Indus Valley Civilization (also known as Harappan civilization or Sindu-Sarasvati civilization) began in Harappa.
- c. 3300 BC — Pictographs in Uruk.
- 3300 BC – 3000 BC: Face of a woman, from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad (stolen and recovered 2003).
- Death of 'Ginger', the earliest known ancient Egyptian "mummy".
Significant persons
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- The Bronze Age begins in the Fertile Crescent. (Roux 1980)
- Cattle introduced to the Nile valley. ('Eurasia')
- Egyptians domesticate the wild ass of North Africa. (Clutton-Brock)
- c. 3250 BC - Potter's wheel in use in Ancient Near East