3rd millennium BC

(4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - other millennia)

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Events:

• Foundation ofcityMari (Syria) (29th century BC )
• Creation ofKingdomElam (Iraq)
• DynastyLagashSumerians
• Golden ageUrMesopotamia. (2474-2398)
• First dynastyBabylon
• Babylon conquers SumeriaElam
• ThirdFourth dynastiesEgypt.
• Unified Indus Valley Civilisation (2600 BC)
• Indo-Europeans first invade Greece (23rd century BC)
• Completionfirst phaseStonehenge monumentEngland

Significant persons:

• Ur-nina kingLagash (29th century BC )
• Urukagina kingLagash. great reformer, createsfirst known judicial code. (24th century BC
• Lugalsaggizi kingUrukUmma. Conquers Lagash (2371-2347)
• SargonGreat, founder ofempireAkkadSumeria (2371-2316}
• Ur-Nammu founder of3th dynastyUr (2112-2095)

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• Pottery developedAmericas (30th century BC )
• Domestication ofhorseCentral Asia
• Chinese recordcomet
• Building ofGreat PyramidGiza (26th century BC)
• Sails used on ships (20th century BC)
• First ziggurats builtSumeria

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