3000 BCE encyclopedia topics

Events

3000-2600 BC - Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley
c. 3000 BC — Neolithic period ends
3000 BC — Djer, second pharaoh of Egypt, starts to reign
c. 3000 BC — Narmer Palette from Hierakonpolis, First Dynasty, is made, it is now at Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt
3000 BC — Caral, building of the first city in the Americas started
c. 3000 BC — Troy is founded
c. 3000 BC - Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts. (National Geographic, June 2008).
3000 BC–2350 BC — Scarlet Ware vase, from Tutub (modern Tell Khafajeh, Iraq) is made, it is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad
3000 BC–2000 BC — World population about 30 million.
c. 3000 BC — Cycladic civilization starts
c. 3000 BC — Minoan civilization starts
c. 3000 BC - Helladic period starts
c. 2955 BC — Djer, second pharaoh of Egypt, dies
c. 2950 BC - first definitive use of a Nebty name by Egyptian First Dynasty pharaoh, Semerkhet
2925–2776 BC — First Dynasty wars in Egypt
c. 2920 BC — Djet, third pharaoh of Egypt
2900 BC — Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Mesopotamia

3000 BC–2000 BC; Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in the Americas (in Ecuador)
c. 3000 BC — Sumerians establish cities
3000 BC — Sumerians start to work in various metals
The shekal was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit; see ancient weights and measures, Shekel

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