The 35th century BC in the Near East sees the gradual transition from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age. Proto-writing enters transitional stage, developing towards writing proper. Wheeled vehicles are now known beyond Mesopotamia, having spread north of the Caucasus and to Europe.
Susa (Iran since 7000 BC)
Uruk period (Sumer)
Naqada IIb (Ancient Egypt)
Early Minoan I
Sredny Stog culture (final phase)
Yamna culture (early phase)
Cucuteni culture
Vinča culture
Megalithic Europe (Atlantic fringe)
Nuragic civilization (Sardinia)
Comb Ceramic culture
Funnelbeaker culture
Yangshao culture
3300- Phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins. The civilization used an early form of the Indus signs, the so-called Indus script.
Only approximate dating is usually possible for mid-4th millennium artifacts.
Kish tablet
Bronocice pot
Ginger (mummy)
The Sahara desert starts to form from semi-arid savannah, through desertification.
c. 3500 BC: First known zoo at Hierakonpolis.
c. 3400 BC: Sumerian temple record keepers redesign the stamp seal in the form of a cylinder.
c. 3500 BC: Pictographic proto-writing starts developing towards writing proper in Sumer, thus starting what is technically considered history.
c. 3500 BC: The first monument of which there is still a trace (Duma na nGiall) is built on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland.
c. 3500 BC: Tin is discovered.
See: List of sovereign states in the 35th century BC.
