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.