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Millennia:4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC

The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. A millennium (pl millennia) is a period of Time equal to one thousand Years (from Latin la mille, thousand and la annum The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture It marks the beginning of the Bronze Age and of Writing. The 2nd millennium BC marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for

It represents a period of time in which imperialism, or the desire to conquer, grew to prominence, in the city states of the Middle East, but also throughout Eurasia, with Indo-European expansion to Anatolia, Europe and Central Asia. Imperialism has two meanings one describing an action and the other describing an attitude The civilization of Ancient Egypt rises to a peak with the Old Kingdom. The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BCE when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement World population is estimated to have doubled in the course of the millennium, to some 30 million people. The world population is the total number of living Humans on Earth at a given time

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Overview

Bronze Age
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Near East (3300-1200 BC)

Caucasus, Anatolia, Aegean, Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Elam, Sistan
Bronze Age collapse

India (3000-1200 BC)

Europe (2300-600 BC)

Beaker culture
Unetice culture
Urnfield culture
Hallstatt culture
Atlantic Bronze Age
Bronze Age Britain
Nordic Bronze Age

China (2000-700 BC)

Korea (800-400 BC)

arsenical bronze
writing, literature
sword, chariot

↓Iron age

The previous millennium had seen the emergence of advanced, urbanized civilizations, new bronze metallurgy extending the productivity of agricultural work, and highly developed ways of communication in the form of writing. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos The Ancient Near East refers to early Civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq The history of the Caucasus region can be divided into the history of the Northern Caucasus (Ciscaucasia historically in the sphere of influence of Scythia The History of Anatolia encompasses the region known as Anatolia ( Turkish Anadolu) known by the Latin name of Asia Minor, considered to be Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age Civilizations of Greece and the Aegean. The Levant is a geographical term that refers to a large area in Southwest Asia, south of the Taurus Mountains, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now Ancient Mesopotamia was settled and conquered by numerous ancient Civilizations. Elam is the name of an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran. The Bronze Age collapse is the name given by those historians who see the transition from the The term Indus Valley Tradition is used to refer to the cultures of the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra rivers stretching from the Neolithic Mehrgarh The Bronze Age in Europe succeeds the Neolithic in the late 3rd millennium BC (late Beaker culture) and spans the entire The Bell-Beaker culture (sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk; Glockenbecherkultur) ca Unetice -- or more properly Únětice culture (German Aunjetitz -- is the name given to an early Bronze Age culture, preceded by the Beaker culture The Urnfield culture (c 1300 BC - 750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of central Europe. The Hallstatt culture was the predominant The so called Atlantic Bronze Age is a cultural complex of the approx In Great Britain, the Bronze Age is considered to have been the period from around 2700 to 700 BC. The Nordic Bronze Age (also Northern Bronze Age) is the name given by Oscar Montelius to a period and a Bronze Age culture in Scandinavian The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for Gojoseon was an ancient Korean kingdom considered the first proper nation of the Korean people. Arsenical bronze (or arsenical copper) is an Alloy in which Arsenic is added to Copper as opposed to or in addition to other constituent The history of writing encompasses the various Writing systems that evolved in the Early Bronze Age (late 4th millennium BC) The History of literature begins with the History of writing, in Bronze Age Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, although the oldest literary Bronze Age Swords appear from around the 17th century BC, evolving out of the Dagger. The chariot is the earliest and simplest type of Carriage, used in both peace and war as the chief vehicle of many ancient peoples This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age for the mythological Iron Age see Ages of Man. In the 3rd millennium BC, the growth of these riches, both intellectually and physically, became a source of contention on a political stage, and rulers sought the accumulation of more wealth and more power. Along with this came the first appearances of mega architecture, imperialism, organized absolutism and internal revolution. Imperialism has two meanings one describing an action and the other describing an attitude

The civilizations of Sumer and Akkad in Mesopotamia became a collection of volatile city-states in which warfare was common. Sumer ( Sumerian: sux-Latn [[Ki (earth ki]]-[[EN (cuneiform en]]-'''ĝir15''', Akkadian: Šumeru; possibly Biblical Shinar Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding A city-state is a Region controlled exclusively by a City, usually having Sovereignty. Uninterrupted conflicts drained all available resources, energies and populations. In this millennium, larger empires succeeded the last, and conquerors grew in stature until the great Sargon of Akkad pushed his empire to the whole of Mesopotamia and beyond. You may be looking for the Assyrian kings Sargon I It would not be surpassed in size until Assyrian times 1500 years later. Early history The most Neolithic site in Assyria is at Tell Hassuna, the center of the Hassuna culture

In the Old Kingdom of Egypt, the Egyptian pyramids were constructed and would remain the tallest and largest human constructions for thousands of years. The Old Kingdom is the name commonly given to that period in the 3rd millennium BCE when Egypt attained its first continuous peak of civilization in complexity and achievement This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. The Egyptian pyramids are pyramid shaped structures located in Egypt, and were built as a tomb for dead pharaohs Also in Egypt, pharaohs began to posture themselves as living Gods made of an essence different from that of other human beings. Pharaoh is the title given in modern parlance to the ancient Egyptian kings of all periods See also List of deities A deity is a Postulated Preternatural or Supernatural Being, who is always Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Even in Europe, which was still largely neolithic during the same period of time, the builders of megaliths were constructing giant monuments of their own. The Neolithic (from Greek νεολιθικός — neolithikos from νέος neos, "new" + λίθος lithos In the Near East and the Occident during the 3rd millennium BC, limits were being pushed by architects and rulers. B Syria - Belka Woman from Damascus Arab from Baghdadjpg|thumb|Inhabitants of the Near East late nineteenth century The term Western world, the West or the Occident ( Latin: occidens -sunset -west as distinct from the Orient) can have multiple meanings

Towards the close of the millennium, Egypt became the stage of the first popular revolution recorded in history. After lengthy wars, the Sumerians recognized the benefits of unification into a stable form of national government and became a relatively peaceful, well-organized, complex technocratic state called the 3rd dynasty of Ur. The Third Dynasty of Ur refers simultaneously to a 21st to 20th century BC ( Short chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of This dynasty was later to become involved with a wave of nomadic invaders known as the Amorites, who were to play a major role in the region during the following centuries. Nomadic people, (from the νομάδες nomádes, "those who let pasture herds" also known as nomads, are communities of people that Amorite ( Sumerian MARTU, Akkadian Tidnum or Amurrūm, Egyptian Amar, Hebrew ’emōrî

Events

Environmental changes

Holocene epoch
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Holocene
Preboreal (10 ka - 9 ka),
Boreal (9 ka - 8 ka),
Atlantic (8 ka - 5 ka),
Subboreal (5 ka - 2.5 ka) and
Subatlantic (2. The Holocene is a Geological epoch which began approximately 10000 years ago (about 8000 BC The Pleistocene ('plaɪstəsin is the epoch from 18 million to 10000 years BP covering the world's recent period The Holocene is a Geological epoch which began approximately 10000 years ago (about 8000 BC The Blytt-Sernander classification or sequence is a series of north European climatic periods or phases based on the study of Danish Peat bogs by Axel In the 8th millennium BC, Agriculture becomes widely practiced in the Fertile Crescent and Anatolia. In Paleoclimatology of the Holocene, the Boreal was the first of the Blytt-Sernander sequence of North European climatic phases that were originally During the 7th millennium BC, Agriculture spreads from Anatolia to the Balkans. The Atlantic in palaeoclimatology was the warmest and most moist Blytt-Sernander period Pollen zone and chronozone of Holocene north Europe. During the 6th millennium BC, Agriculture spreads from the Balkans to Italy and Eastern Europe and from Mesopotamia to Egypt. The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture It marks the beginning of the Bronze Age and of Writing. The Blytt-Sernander classification or sequence is a series of north European climatic periods or phases based on the study of Danish Peat bogs by Axel The 1st millennium BC encompasses the Iron Age and sees the rise of successive empires The Blytt-Sernander classification or sequence is a series of north European climatic periods or phases based on the study of Danish Peat bogs by Axel 5 ka - present).
Anthropocene

Significant persons

Cultures

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Cultural landmarks

Centuries

The 30th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC The 29th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC The 28th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2800 BC to 2701 BC The 27th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC The 26th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC The 25th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2500 BC to 2401 BC The 24th century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC The 23rd century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC The 22nd century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC The 21st century BC is a Century which lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC
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