3080 BC to 2800 BC

3080 BC to  2800 BC: Prehistoric timeline: lots of metal working: No evidence of lead, tin, or mercury. Lots of gold, silver, and copper in evidence, a significant amount of worked iron too.

 3,000 BC

~ 3,000 BC: By this time the people of the Irish Isle could well be called Irish. Some Celts may have begun to arrive with good horses and perhaps Iron tools and weapons. 

~ Those whom we have called Celts were arriving in Ireland. They arrived in waves with good horses, good horsemanship, and tough weapons many of iron. They were many in comparison to those already on the Island.

~ By this time gold, silver, and copper were widely worked and mined in Ireland a few other metals were well known.

~ to 1900 BC: Tuatha De Danann in Ireland.

~ Sumerians arrive in Mesopotamia.

~ Sumer develops as the center of Mesopotamian civilization.

~ Irrigation began in Mesopotamia.

~ Beginning just after this date Sumerians began to make their mark in the Fertile Crescent and greatly affected the Akkadians and Egyptians.

~ by this date the Irish had already become Irish.

~ Strong evidence of early megalithic stone "tomb" building and construction in Ireland. First megalithic "tombs" on the island of Ireland.

~ The earliest known megalithic house in the "British" islands is located in Ireland and dates to about this time.

~ According to Joe Sanders, regional archaeologist for the division of Archaeology in Louisiana Department of Culture, by this date mound building was widespread in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida.

~ North America: Early Woodland culture. Strong evidence in central NA of Early Woodland people.

~ Manufactured objects of iron have been found dating to this time.

~ to 2001 BC: Peru: During this time there was a movement of human population from the coast to the Peruvian highlands.

~ Sumerian numerical system based on 6 and 12 extent.

~ Appearance of civilization in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley. Did it appear like cities

~ to 1,000 BC: North American copper smiths.

~ Height of Danubian culture.

~ Hurrians enter Mesopotamia from the direction of Zargros. Their westward migration continued Through 1,700 BC from the direction of Lake Van.  Nuzu east of the Tigris was a Hurrian community. 

~ to 2,350 BC: Near East: Palaces built in Mesopotamia, a city state ruled by Sumerian speakers. Long distant carried on with Indus Valley people and Afghanistan. Gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and carnelian imported. (?)

~ to 2,000 BC Valdivia pottery on Ecuador coast.

~ First pottery in Mexico. (?)

~ The great Sphinx of Giza. (?)

~ Sumerians write of the healing qualities of mineral springs.

~ Domestic grapes grown in Egypt.

~ Mound building widespread in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida (?) according to Joe Sanders regional  Archaeologist for  division of Archaeology in Louisiana Dept. of Culture.

~ Thuban was the  North Star. 

~ Ireland: By this date New Grange had been built with knowledge of the winter solstice built into. The site is close to Dublin.

~ Mexico: Strong evidence of Olmec culture in Mexico befo.re this date

~ Finland: Corded Ware is dated at appearing in southern coastal Finland about this time.

~ Ireland: By this time a Bronze Age had begun on the Island. There was a flourishing metal industry there which included copper, gold, tin, lead, as well as bronze.

~ Upper Paleolithic: Beginning of hunter-gatherer art in southern Africa.

~ Evidence for megalithic "tombs" first construction.

2,900 to 2,000 BC: Early Hellenic Period. A prosperous time in the northern hemisphere.

2,879 BC: Vietnam: Hong Bang dynasty began. The beginning of Vietnam.

2,890 BC to 2686 BC: Egypt: 2nd Dynasty.

2,800 BC: North America: "Watson Brake people" abandon Watson Brake site. By this time the main site had been abandoned. 

~ Stonehenge l extent.

~ Near Tyre: Founding of the temple if Melkarth(Melkart) the Phoenician god. This god was called Melku and equated with Babylonian Hegal(?). Perhaps related to Hercules and equated to Bool. This temple may have been a model foe Solomon's temple in Jerusalem.

4040 BC to 3800 BC

4040 BC to 3800 BC: Prehistory and archaeology  timeline including: mega fauna, Ireland, North America, Mississippi, Copper Age, Near East, and Mississippi.

 

4330 BC, Sun: Historical grand minima.4230 BC, Sun: Historical grand minima.

4330 BC, Sun: Historical grand minima.4230 BC, Sun: Historical grand minima.

4,300 BC, Japan: Kilkai caldera super volcano erupted in the Ryukyu Islands ejecting 150 cubic km of material.

4236 BC: First date on Egyptian calendar.

4,200 BC: Susa began as a Copper Age state and ended in 230 BC.

 4,000 BC: By this time new people may have been arriving in Ireland and finding Irish people already there. By this time there was also new animal and grain agriculture flourishing on the Island. Strong evidence of land clearing for agriculture in the southwest of the country.

~ Ice Age or mega-fauna still found in NA.

~ to 1800 BC: called the Archaic Mound-building period in North America. Eleven mounds near Monroe, Louisiana show evidence of being begun about 4,000 BC and are seen as having some relation to Poverty Point earthworks in West Carroll Parish. May have begun on the lower Mississippi in what is now the U.S. state of Louisiana

~ to 2,000 BC: Fir Blog(Invernic?) in Ireland according to some documentary evidence.  

~ to 2,800 BC: Watson Brake people in Mississippi drainage area.

~ to 400 AD: Mound building time before major changes in to Mississippian culture of North America.

~ Hopewellian cultures such as: Copena, Crab, Orchard, Goodall Focus, Havana Hopewell, Laurel Complex, Swift, Creek, etc. remained strong from before 4,000 BC and began a rapid decline about 400 AD.

~ to 2,300 BC: The Copper Age political entity of Kish existed.

~ to 2,500 BC: The Copper Age political entity of Lagash existed.

~ to 2,000 BC: The Copper Age political entity of Ur existed.

~ to 3,100 BC: The Copper Age political entity of Uruk existed.

~ Yang-shao rice farming is a culture in China.

~ Watson Break earthworks site occupied.

~ Ice Age or mega-fauna still found in North America.

~ Increase in mean annual temperature and decrease in rainfall in North America. This very true of the Mississippi valley.

~ Thailand: Bronze used.

~ Ireland: Abundant evidence of farming, trade (axe-heads, etc.),

~ Ireland: Megalithic building evident in sites such as New Grange in Co. Meath; See Lough Gur in Co. Limerick; and Knowth in the Boyne Valley.

~ Ã simple hand-held plough is in use in Egypt and Mesopotamia at least 1,000 years before a heavier version was pulled by oxen.

~ Beer is brewed in Mesopotamia where barley is an indigenous crop.

~ Papua New Guinea: Taro, probably the earliest cultivated plant there, has an edible root that needs a be mashed with mortar and pestle.

~ Grapes are cultivated in the region of the Caspian Sea, where the grape vine, vitis vinifera, is indigenous.

~ Ireland: Evidence of increased land clearance for agriculture in the south west of the island.

~ to 3,500 BC: Near East: smaller Ubaid villages gave way to fewer, but larger settlements. The Uruk culture emerged marked by mass-produced pottery made on a foot wheel.

~ Birth of the Crab Nebula as the result of the explosion of a massive star.

~ Multi-colored ceramic ware originating in Russia, reached China.

~ Iron in North Africa by this date was rejected by Egyptians as unclean.

~ By this time the Persians had probably recognized themselves as a people. 

~ U.S.: Eleven mounds near Monroe, Louisiana show evidence of being begun this time and are seen as having some relationship to Poverty Point earthworks site in west Carroll parish.

~ China: Yang-shao rice farming and cultivation.

~ Ireland: Evidence of farming strong. Evidence of trade and plenty of axe heads. Megalithic building evident at New Grange in County Meath. Check Lough Gur in County Limerick, Knowth, and Boyne Valley/

~ 4,000 BC: Ice Age mega-fauna still found in N.A.

~ to 1,800 BC: Called the Archaic Mound-Building period in North America. Eleven mounds near Monroe, Louisiana show evidence of being begun about 4,000 BC and are seen as having some relationship to Poverty Point earthworks in West Carroll Parish, of Louisiana.

~ Beer is brewed in Mesopotamia, where barley is an indigenous crop.

~ to 2,000 BC: Fir Blog (Invernic) in Ireland.

~ A simple hand-held plough was used in Egypt and Mesopotamia, at least 1,000 years before a heavier version was pulled by oxen.?

~ Papua New Guinea: Taro was cultivated here by this time and is probably the earliest plant cultivated here. Taro is a edible root which was mashed with mortar and pestle.

3,800 BC, Iran: Copper is extracted by smelting at various sites.

3,500 BC, Crete: Olives are cultivated and will provide, in the form of olive oil, one of the main staples of Mediterranean trade.

~ Sumerian script was being written.

~ to 1500 AD, North America: Strong evidence of  "mound building" carried on in Mississippi River region and contiguous areas.

~ to 2,100 BC: The Copper Age social entity of Isin existed.

~ to 1,800 BC: The Copper Age political entity of Assur existed.

3,400 BC to 3,200 BC, Labrador: Burial mounds existed.

~ Neolithic culture began in the Near East.

~ Near East: First stone structures at Jericho are built.

3,250 BC, Switzerland?: A Neolithic herdsman dies near Brenner Pass and is well preserved in ice, to become in 1991, by far the earliest human to be seen clothed in every day fashion and carrying implements of his trade and life.

3,200 BC, far north east and west Atlantic?: Kame grave people and perhaps red Ocher people were making pottery and putting copper beads into man made mounds.

3,100 BC: The invention of writing marks the transition, in academic terms, from prehistory to history.

~ Egypt: Egyptian hieroglyphic develops at this time.

~ Writing is developed at Sumer, as cuneiform on clay tablets

3,500 BC: Sumerian script was being written.

~ to 1,500 BC: Strong evidence of mound building carried on in Mississippi river region and contiguous areas.

~ to 2,100 BC: The Copper Age social entity of Isin existed.

~ to 1,800 BC: The Copper Age political entity of Assur existed. 

~ Multi-colored ceramic ware originating in Russia, reached China.

3,200 BC: Neolithic culture begins in ancient Near East.

~ Near East: First stone structures at Jericho built.

~ Kame grave people and perhaps red ocher people were making pottery and putting copper beads into man-made mounds.

~ to 539 BC: Phoenician culture was active in Lebanon and shared around the Mediterranean sea and beyond probably to the Irish isle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4760 BC to 4520 BC

4760 BC to 4,520: A mostly pre-historic world timeline including: polar precession, Russia, China, Copper age, and more.

 

4630 BC, Oregon, USA: Mount Mazama(Crater Lake), Cascade Volcanic Arc, partially responsible for Crater Lake. Ejecta 100 km3/ 

 4,600 BC to 3,800 BC: There are archaeological earthworks similar to those at Watson Break in Louisiana in Lowndes county, Mississippi which is carbon dated to this time frame.

~ Multicolored ceramic-ware originating in Russia Reached China. 

~ USA: In Lowndes county of Mississippi. This Vaughan mound site dates well into the Middle Archaic period and is part of the evidence pointing to earthworks being built in Mississippi at this time.

 

4,540 BC: Polar precession at zero. Approximate 26,000 year cycle. Ram

4,500 BC to 2,100 BC: the span of the Grisi state. Grisi began as a Copper Age state.

~ There is substantial evidence that Sri Lanka once was land linked to India, probably much man made, perhaps with help.

~ to 4,000 BC: North America: There was a warm climate episode in this period.

~ upper Egypt(predynastic) began a Copper Age which came to an end 3,000 BC.

~ North America: Kame grave users north of the Ohio River. Kame grave users transitioned to man made mounds. Some say beginning nothern mound building. Kame grave users were traveling the waters  in dugouts and birchbark canoes and making beads of native copper.

~ Marks what has been called the midpoint of the North American Mid-Archaic period. 

~ Bad-tibiria: to date, archaeological reports daring of this time to about 2,300 BC for this site. But according to the Sumerian kings List Bad-tibiria was the second(after Eridu) before the Flood.

~ about this time Mari started as a copper using state and ended in 1759 BC.

~ to 4,000 BC, North America: Warming climate episode.

~ Upper Egypt(predynastic): Began as a Copper Age state which came to an end about 3200 BC.

~ North America: This year marks the Mid-Archaic Period.