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30th century BC

The 30th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC.

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Events

  • Before 3000 BC: Image of a deity, detail from a cong recovered from Tomb 12, Fanshan, Yuyao, Zhejiang, is made. Neolithic period. Liangzhu culture. It is now kept at Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou.
  • c. 3000 BC: Early agriculture in North Africa.
  • 3000 BC – 2600 BC: Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley
  • c. 3000 BC: Neolithic period ends.
  • c. 3000 BC: Djer, third pharaoh of united Egypt, starts to reign.
  • c. 3000 BC: Troy is founded.
  • c. 3000 BC: There is an intense phase of burial at Duma na nGiall 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: Minoan civilization starts.
  • c. 3000 BC: Helladic period starts.
  • c. 3000 BC: Norte Chico civilization in Northern Peru starts.
  • c. 3000 BC: Aegean Bronze Age starts.
  • c. 3000 BC: Middle Jōmon period starts in Japan.
  • c. 2955 BC: Djer, third pharaoh of Egypt, dies
  • c. 2950 BC: first definitive use of a Nebty name by Egyptian First Dynasty pharaoh, Semerkhet.
  • c. 2920 BC: Djet, fourth pharaoh of Egypt.

    • Significant people

  • Djer, Djet, Merneith, Den, Anedjib, Semerkhet—Pharaohs of the First dynasty of Egypt.
  • Ötzi, a man whose mummified remains were found in the Ötztal Alps

    • Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • 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.
  • c. 3000 BC—Sumerians start to work in various metals.
  • c. 3000 BC—Knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern grains appears in Ancient China.
  • 3000 BC-2000 BC - Settled villages are widespread in Mesoamerica.
  • The shekal was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit; see ancient weights and measures, Shekel.

    • Fiction

  • 3067 BC: Setting of The Mummy Returns.
  • In the TV show, Stargate: SG-1, the native people of Earth successfully rebel against the Goa'uld in 2995 BC.
  • 3000 BC: A zombie outbreak in Egypt in The Zombie Survival Guide
  • 3000 BC: The birth of possibly the first mutant in X-Men, En Sabah Nur.
  • 4000 BC (6000 years ago approximately): The Crystal Gems, led by Rose Quartz, win the war against the Homeworld Gems over the fate of life on Earth, becoming the protectors of Earth in Steven Universe.

    • References

    30th century BC Wikipedia
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