Culture & IdeasThe 3rd millennium BCE

Culture & Ideas in the 3rd millennium BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 3rd millennium BCE — 7 of them, drawn from 5 nations, running from 3000 BCE to 2500 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
7
Nations
5
Earliest
3000 BCE
Latest
2500 BCE
Asia
5
Africa
2

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 3rd millennium BCE — Asia:

    Oman

    Beehive tombs and towers at Bat

    The Bronze Age communities of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn raised monumental stone towers and dry-stone beehive tombs, later inscribed by UNESCO in 1988 as the most complete such collection in the world.

    Era: Magan, Copper and the Land of Frankincense

    Sources: Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. c. 3rd millennium BCE — Asia:

    United Arab Emirates

    Hafit-period tombs near Jebel Hafit

    Beehive-shaped stone tombs of the Hafit period appear on the slopes of Jebel Hafit near Al Ain, the earliest monumental architecture of the region and a marker of settled life at the desert's edge.

    Era: Bronze Age Oases and the Pearling Coast

    Sources: Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Six new sites inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List (2011) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. c. 2630 BCE — Africa:

    Egypt

    Djoser's Step Pyramid at Saqqara

    Imhotep designs the Step Pyramid for King Djoser, the first monumental stone structure in Egypt and a prototype for the pyramids to come.

    Era: The Pharaonic Kingdoms

    Sources: Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  4. c. 2600 BCE — Asia:

    India

    Mohenjo-daro flourishes

    Mohenjo-daro, on the Indus in modern Pakistan, becomes one of the civilisation's largest cities and is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site renowned for its Great Bath and citadel.

    Era: The Indus Valley Civilisation

    Sources: Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Indus Valley Civilization · World History Encyclopedia

  5. c. 2600 BCE — Asia:

    Pakistan

    Mohenjo-daro flourishes

    On the right bank of the Indus in Sindh, Mohenjo-daro becomes one of the civilisation's largest cities, renowned for its citadel and Great Bath; it is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    Era: The Indus Valley Civilisation

    Sources: Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mohenjo-daro · Encyclopædia Britannica

  6. c. 2560 BCE — Africa:

    Egypt

    Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza

    King Khufu raises the Great Pyramid at Giza, the largest of the pyramids and the sole surviving wonder of the ancient world.

    Era: The Pharaonic Kingdoms

    Sources: Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  7. c. 2500 BCE — Asia:

    United Arab Emirates

    The Umm an-Nar culture flourishes

    Named for an island off Abu Dhabi, the Umm an-Nar culture built circular communal tombs, fortified towers and agricultural settlements at Hili, trading copper and goods with Mesopotamia and the Indus valley.

    Era: Bronze Age Oases and the Pearling Coast

    Sources: The Bronze Age Sites of Hili · Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi, Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre