The 3rd millennium BC spanned the years 3000 to 2001 BC. This period of time corresponds to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, characterized by the early empires in the Ancient Near East. In Ancient Egypt, the Early Dynastic Period is followed by the Old Kingdom. In Mesopotamia, the Early Dynastic Period is followed by the Akkadian Empire. In what is now Northwest India and Pakistan, the Indus Valley civilization developed a state society.
World population growth relaxed after the burst due to the Neolithic Revolution.
World population was largely stable, at roughly 60 million, with a slow overall growth rate at roughly 0.03% p.a.[1]
^Jean-Noël Biraben, "Essai sur l'évolution du nombre des hommes", Population 34-1 (1979), 13–25, estimates 40 million at 5000 BC and 100 million at 1600 BC, for an average growth rate of 0.027% p.a. over the Chalcolithic to Middle Bronze Age.
The 3rdmillenniumBC spanned the years 3000 to 2001 BC. This period of time corresponds to the Early to Middle Bronze Age, characterized by the early...
The 5th millenniumBC spanned the years 5000 BC to 4001 BC (c. 7 ka to c. 6 ka). It is impossible to precisely date events that happened around the time...
The 4th millenniumBC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC. Some of the major changes in human culture during this time included the beginning of the Bronze...
1st millenniumBC, also known as the last millenniumBC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy:...
The 28th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2800 BC to 2701 BC. c. 2800 BC – 2700 BC: Seated Harp Player, from Keros, Cyclades, is made...
The 2nd millenniumBC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC. In the Ancient Near East, it marks the transition from the Middle to the Late Bronze Age. The...
3000 BC(E), a year in the 3rdmillenniumBC 3000s AD/CE, a decade, century, millennium in the 4th millennium 3000s BC(E), a decade, century, millennium in...
been linked to the collapse of the empire, towards the end of the 3rdmillenniumBC. The Guti subsequently overran southern Mesopotamia and formed the...
earliest known period of two-humped camel domestication in the third millenniumB.C.—Note that Bulliet has many more references to early use of camels near...
The 21st century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC. All dates from this long ago should be regarded as either approximate...
The 23rd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC. 2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia...
lost. Early Bronze Age: 3rdmillenniumBC (approximate dates shown). The earliest written literature dates from about 2600 BC (classical Sumerian). The...
leaders in the 20th century BC – State leaders by year This is a list of state leaders in the 4th and 3rdmillenniumBC (4000–2001 BC). Eleventh Dynasty of...
archaeological site located in the Kech Valley, Pakistan, dating back to the 3rdmillenniumBC. The name itself can be translated to "Prince's Fortress," with the...
The 30th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC. Before 3000 BC: An image of a deity (detail from a cong) recovered from...
Western and Northern Europe during the 3rdmillenniumBC. The earliest kurgans date to the 4th millenniumBC in the Caucasus, and some researchers associate...
The 24th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC. c. 2900 BC–2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue...
The 22nd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC. 4.2-kiloyear event: A severe aridification event that probably lasts the...
begin around the mid-5th millenniumBC, and ends with the beginning of the Bronze Age proper, in the late 4th to 3rdmillenniumBC, depending on the region...
25th century BC comprises the years from 2500 BC to 2401 BC. c. 2900–2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period. c. 2500 BC: Rice was first...
"Bikini mosaic"). A silver coin that was found in South Arabia in the 3rd century BC shows a buxom foreign ruler with much décolletage and an elaborate coiffure...
deity of the city of Babylon who eventually rose to power in the First MillenniumBC. In the city of Babylon, Marduk was worshipped in the temple Esagila...
defeats Chi You at Zhuolu. c. 2450 BC Battle of Umma Lagash decisively defeats Umma and makes it a tributary state. c. 2334 BC Battle of Uruk Sargon of Akkad...
in Mesopotamia during the 3rdmillenniumBC, as attested by Akkadian texts from this period. By the early 2nd millenniumBC, East Semitic languages, in...
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