| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 4500 |
Y |
Egypt |
Egyptian calendar regulated by the sun & moon: 360
days, 12 months of 30 days each. |
| |
|
Sumer |
Earliest cities. |
| 4000 |
Y |
Babylon |
Sumerians settle on the site of the city of Babylon. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Sumerian writing, done on clay tablets, shows about 2000
pictographic signs. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Earliest Babylonian omen tablets. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Copper alloys used: smelting of gold and silver. |
| |
Y |
Egypt |
Copper alloys used: smelting of gold and silver. |
| |
|
Mediterranean |
Cretan ships predominant sea. |
| 3760 |
Y |
Judea |
1st year of Jewish calendar. |
| 3500 |
Y |
Egypt |
Earliest known numerals in Egypt. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Wheeled vehicles used. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Sumerian wedge-shaped (cuneiform) writing, the earliest
known - Click
Here To See Example. |
| |
Y |
Egypt |
Plowing, raking, and manuring. |
| |
Y |
Middle East |
Linen produced. |
| |
Y |
Mesopotamia |
Potter's wheel used. |
| 3372 |
Y |
Mayam |
1st date in Mayam chronology. |
| 3000 |
|
Syria |
Phoenicians settle on coast, with centers at Tyre &
Sidon. |
| |
|
Crete |
Neolithic settlements. |
| |
|
China |
Sage Kings period begins. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Sumerian cuneiform writing reduces pictographs still in
use to about 550. |
| |
|
|
Pepi's papyrus, "Instructions to a Son," one of
the earliest preserved literary documents. |
| |
|
Babylon |
Healing qualities of mineral springs discovered. |
| |
Y |
Europe |
Weaving loom known. |
| |
Y |
China |
Wrestling becomes the first highly developed sport. |
| |
Y |
Sumer |
Oil-burning lamps used. |
| |
Y |
Egypt |
Domesticated dogs. |
| |
Y |
Egypt |
Beginning of systematic astronomical observations. |
| |
Y |
Babylon |
Beginning of systematic astronomical observations. |
| |
Y |
India |
Beginning of systematic astronomical observations. |
| |
Y |
China |
Beginning of systematic astronomical observations. |
| |
|
Sumer |
Sumerians grow barley, bake bread, make beer; metal coins
begin to replace barley as legal tender. |
| 2772 |
|
Egypt |
Introduction of calendar of 365 days without adjustments. |
| 2750 |
|
Sumer |
Major religious festival celebrates victory of god of
spring over god of chaos. |
| |
|
Egypt |
Cheops Pyramid conforms in layout and dimensions to
astronomical measurements. |
| |
|
Europe |
Lake dwellings built. |
| |
Y |
Egypt |
Metal mirrors used. |
| |
Y |
Sumer |
Numerical system based on multiples of 6 & 12. |
| |
Y |
Sumer |
Manufacture of first iron objects. |
| |
|
Canaan |
Egypt invade as reprisal for attacks on trade caravans. |
| 2550 |
Y |
Mesopotamia |
Mis-anni-padda, king of Ur, first recorded ruler in
Mesopotamia. |
