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30th century BC
The
30th century BC
was a
time period
that lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC.
Events
Before 3000 BC: An image of a deity (detail from a
cong
) recovered from Tomb 12 in Fanshan,
Yuyao
,
Zhejiang
, is made during the
Neolithic period
by the
Liangzhu culture
. It is now kept at
Zhejiang Provincial Museum
,
Hangzhou
.
c. 3000 BC: Earliest remains from
Aniba (Nubia)
.
c. 3000 BC: Early agriculture in
North Africa
.
c. 3300 BC â 2600 BC:
Early Harappan
period continues in the
Indus Valley
.
c. 3000 BC:
Camel
s are domesticated in Egypt.
c. 3000 BC: There is an intense phase of burial at on the
Hill of Tara
, the ancient seat of the High King of
Ireland
.
c. 3000 BC:
Stonehenge
begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BC:
Cycladic civilization
in the
Aegean Sea
starts.
c. 3000 BC:
Helladic period
starts.
c. 3000 BC:
Aegean Bronze Age
starts.
c. 3000 BC:
Austronesian
expansion begins.
c. 3000 BC:
Jawa, Jordan
is founded along with the world's first known dam.
c. 2960 BC: Death of Egyptian
First Dynasty
pharaoh
Semerkhet
, whose name marks the first definitive use of a
Nebty name
.
c. 2920 BC:
Troy
is founded on this date (assuming the interpretation of
Manfred Korfmann
is followed).
c. 2900+ BC
Prometheus
would have sprouted in this century.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
3000âÂÂ2000 BC âÂÂ
Hieroglyphic
writing in
Ancient Egypt
,
potter's wheel
in
China
, first
pottery
in the
Americas
(in modern
Ecuador
).
c. 3000 BC âÂÂ
Sumer
ians establish cities.
c. 3000 BC â Sumerians start to work in various metals.
c. 3000 BC â Knowledge of
Ancient Near East
ern grains appears in
Ancient China
.
3000âÂÂ2000 BC â Settled villages are widespread in
Mesoamerica
.
The
shekal
was introduced in
Mesopotamia
as a monetary and weight unit; see
ancient weights and measures
,
Shekel
.
The
Sydney rock engravings
date from around 3000 BC (modern
Sydney
,
Australia
).
Architecture
30th century BC in architecture
References