Timeline of Ancient Events (3500–3000 BC)

By | August 31, 2025
Year (Approx.) Region Event Name / Development Key Figures / Notes
 3500 BC Mesopotamia (Sumer) Invention of the Wheel Unknown inventors; revolutionized transport & pottery.
3500 BC Mesopotamia (Uruk) Proto-Cuneiform Writing Emerges Used for accounting & trade records.
3500 BC Egypt Early Hieroglyphs Priests and scribes begin using symbolic writing.
3500 BC Indus Valley Early Urban Settlements Harappan culture begins shaping trade & farming.
 3400 BC Mesopotamia (Uruk) Rise of City-State of Uruk Legendary King Gilgamesh (traditional dates later, ~2700 BC) is connected with Uruk’s glory.
3300 BC Mesopotamia Cuneiform Writing Fully Developed Earliest known true writing system.
3300 BC Egypt Papyrus & Ink Usage Scribes develop writing material.
3200 BC Egypt Unification of Upper & Lower Egypt Begins King Narmer (Menes) begins consolidation.
 3200 BC Europe (Britain) Early Stone Circles Constructed Precursors to Stonehenge built.
3100 BC Egypt First Dynasty of Egypt Founded King Narmer (Menes) crowned as first Pharaoh.
3100 BC Mesopotamia (Ur, Uruk, Lagash) Expansion of Sumerian City-States Kings and priest-rulers control trade & irrigation.
3100 BC Egypt Narmer Palette Created Stone carving commemorating Narmer’s unification of Egypt.
3000 BC Indus Valley (Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro) Mature Harappan Phase Begins Large planned cities, drainage systems, standardized weights.
3000 BC China (Longshan Culture) Neolithic Villages Flourish Early silk weaving, black pottery culture.
3000 BC Europe Megalithic Monuments Spread Widespread stone structures for rituals.

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