History:30th century BC

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Short description: Period between 3000 and 2901 BE

The 30th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC.

Events

Stele bearing the name of Djet
  • Before 3000 BC: An image of a deity (detail from a cong) recovered from Tomb 12 in Fanshan, Yuyao, Zhejiang, is made during the Neolithic period by the Liangzhu culture. It is now kept at Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou.
  • c. 3000 BC - Earliest remains from Aniba (Nubia).
  • c. 3000 BC: Early agriculture in North Africa.
  • c. 3300 BC – 2600 BC: Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley.[1]
  • c. 3000 BC: Camels are domesticated in Egypt.
  • 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.[2]
  • c. 3000 BC: Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.[3]
  • c. 3000 BC: Cycladic civilization in the Aegean Sea starts.
  • c. 3000 BC: Helladic period starts.
  • c. 3000 BC: Aegean Bronze Age starts.[4]
  • c. 3000 BC: Austronesian expansion begins.[5]
  • c. 3000 BC: Jawa, Jordan is founded along with the world's first known dam.[6]
  • c. 2960 BC: Death of Egyptian First Dynasty pharaoh, Semerkhet, whose name marks the first definitive use of a Nebty name.
  • c. 2920 BC: Troy is founded on this date (assuming the interpretation of Manfred Korfmann is followed).

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • 3000–2000 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.
  • 3000–2000 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.
  • The Sydney rock engravings date from around 3000 BC (Sydney, Australia ).[7]

Architecture

  • 30th century BC in architecture

References

  1. POSSEHL, G. L. (2000). "THE EARLY HARAPPAN PHASE.". Bulletin of the Deccan College Research Institute 60/61: 227–241. ISSN 0045-9801. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42936617. 
  2. Memory and Monuments at the Hill of Tara by Erin McDonald, Chronika Journal
  3. National Geographic, June 2008
  4. "Bronze Age Aegean" (in en). https://www.worldhistory.org/Bronze_Age_Aegean/. 
  5. Guild, History (2021-03-12). "What is the Austronesian Expansion?" (in en-GB). https://historyguild.org/what-is-the-austronesian-expansion/. 
  6. "A History of Dams: From Ancient Times to Today" (in en-US). 2016-05-17. https://tataandhoward.com/a-history-of-dams-from-ancient-times-to-today/. 
  7. Australia's top 7 Aboriginal rock art sites by Australian Geographic