31st century BC
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| Millennium: | 4th millennium BC |
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| Centuries: | 32nd century BC · 31st century BC · 30th century BC |
| Decades: | 3090s BC 3080s BC 3070s BC 3060s BC 3050s BC 3040s BC 3030s BC 3020s BC 3010s BC 3000s BC |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
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[edit] Events
Front and Back Sides of Narmer Palette, this facsimile on display at the Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, Canada. The Palette depicts Narmer unifying Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt
- c. 3100 BC: Narmer (Menes) unifies Upper and Lower Egypt into one country; he rules this new country from Memphis.[1]
- c. 3100 BC: Narmer, pharaoh, rules (other dates are 3150 BC–3125 BC).[citation needed])
- c. 3100 BC: Predynastic period (Neolithic) ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 3150 BC).
- c. 3100 BC: Early Dynastic (Archaic) period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 3150 BC).
- c. 3100 BC: The first temple of Tarxien is in use by the Neolithic inhabitants of Malta[1].
- c. 3100 BC: First stage in the construction of Stonehenge.[citation needed])
- c. 3100 BC – 2600 BC: Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland is inhabited. Discovered 1850.[citation needed])
- c. 3100 BC: Anu Ziggurat and White Temple in Uruk, Mesopotamia (modern Warka, Iraq) are built.[citation needed])
- c. 3100 BC: Humans develop a writing system, cuneiform script.
[edit] Significant persons
- Wazner, king Serket pre-dynastic pharaohs of Egypt
- Narmer, founder of the First dynasty of Egypt
- Hor-Aha, Narmer's successor
[edit] Legendary
- Methuselah, son of Enoch, (3073 BC–2104 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar
[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Chinese ideograms.
- Drainage and sewage system in India.
- Dams, canals, stone sculptures using inclined plane and lever in Sumer.
- Pyramids in Ancient Egypt.
- Copper was in use, both as tools and weapons.
- c. 3100 BC - Invention of writing in Ancient Near East.
[edit] Religion
[edit] Hinduism
- 9 October 3009 BCE Julian (September 14, 3009 BCE Gregorian) — Mahabharata war started (according to calculations of Aryabhatta).[citation needed]
- 17 February or 18 February 3102 BCE — The Kali Yuga begins
[edit] References
- ^ Cilia, Daniel (April 8, 2004). "Tarxien". The Megalithic temples of Malta. http://web.infinito.it/utenti/m/malta_mega_temples/tarxien/tarxien.html. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
[edit] Decades and years
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