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.

 3,800 BC to 3,560 BC

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

~ Ireland: by this time Neolithic agriculturist were arriving in large numbers.

 

3,760 BC: First Year of Jewish calendar. First date of Jewish calendar.

3,750 BC: Disastrous floods in the Mesopotamian region.

~Russia: Multicolored ceramics ware originating in Russia, reaches China.

~ Copper alloys used by Egyptians.

~ Sumerians smelt gold and silver.

3,700 BC: Lebanon: I see written records of Lebanon dating back to, at least this time. It is mentioned in Sumerian tablets and in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

3,600 BC to 3,300 BC: USA: An earthworks, similar to those at Watson Break in Louisiana, was located in downtown Pascagoula city in Lincoln county Mississippi and radio carbon dated to this time

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

~ Pakistan: The city of Harrapa in the Indus Valley Flourished. Some evidence of high civilization such as: public greenery, citadel, public bath, pottery wheel, and Bronze working.

~ Iran: Evidence of grape cultivation in central Iran.

~ Pole Star: Thuban in Draco was the pole star at this time. Thuban is "dragon" in Arabic. Egyptian Eltanin in Draco which curls around the Little Dipper.

~ Troy: Early city at the site of Troy.

~ Iran: Sumerians in Iran were making and drinking beer. Evidence at Godin Tepe that barley beer and grape wine was being sold. 

~ Thailand: Copper tools were made and used in Thailand by this time.

~ South America: By this time domesticated llamas were used in the Andes mountains.

~ to 3,000 BC: Near East: Monumental mud-brick temples set on high platforms were in evidence.

~ Near East: Mosaic decoration, colored stones, and clay cones embedded in the plaster of temples and other buildings.

~ Near East: By this time stone carving had reached new heights of artistry, including representations of the human body and probably of gods.

~ Near East: Variously shaped clay tokens  for written records were replaced by cuneiform writing on clay tblets which were somtimes baked. 

~ Crete: Olives cultivated for oil. That Oil was one of the main staples of Mediterranean trade.

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

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3,372 BC: Was the first sate of the Mayan calendar

4,520 BC to 4,280 BC

 4,520 BC to 4,280 BC: A mostly prehistory timeline: including: Copper Age, Sri Lanka, climate warming, Ohio River, and more.

4,500 BC to 4,000 BC: Warming Climate episode in North America.

~ Upper Egypt (predynastic) began a Copper Age state which came to an end about 3,200 BC.

~ Kame grave users north of the Ohio river of N.A. were transitioning to man-made mounds. They were also traveling the waters in dugout and birch-bark canoes, and making beads of native copper.

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

~ At about this time the state of Bad-tibira was started and ended in about 2,300 BC.

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

~ Mid-Archaic Period in  North America.

~ 2,100 BC: was the life span of the Grisi state, which began as A Copper Age State.

~ There is substantial evidence that Sri Lanka was linked to India by this time. The link was a man-made causeway.

~ Pre-dynastic Upper Egypt began a Cooper Age which came to an end about 3,000 BC.

~ Kame Grave users north of the Ohio River North America. Kame grave users were transitional to some man made burial mounds. Kame grave users were traveling the waters in dug-outs and birchbark canoes and making beads of native copper.

~ This date marks what has been called the midpoint of the North America Mid Archaic period.

~ Bad-tibiria: According to the Sumerian Kings list Bad-tibiria was the second, after Eridu before the Flood. However, archaeological evidence dates it only to this date, so far.

~ About this date Mari started as A Copper Using state and then ended in 1759 BC.

4,400 BC: The Sahara was damp enough for the hippopotami. It supported neolithic communities until it became too dry in about 3,000 BC.

~ The first evidence of a loom comes from this period in Egypt, but some simple method of holding the warp must be as old as weaving. 

~ A passage grave with a superb corbelled dome is constructed on the Longue off the southern coast of Brittany. 

~ Oxen are the first draught animals in use at this time in Middle East and in Europe.

~ In Mesopotamia, and the grass steppes of Southern Russia, oxen are used to pull loads on heavy sledges.`

~ New zealand: Volcanic eruption at Macauley Island in the Kermadec Islands zone. Various eruptions between about 8,300 and 6,300 years ago. Approximate ejecta volume 100km3.

4,330 BC: Historical grand solar minima.

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

4,330 BC: Historical grand minima solar.

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

4,236 BC: First date in the Egyptian calendar.