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 See more

Near East
• c. 4th millennium BC–5th century BC: Old Dilmun period.
• c. 2900–2350 BC: Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
• c. 2334–2154 BC: Akkadian Empire See more

• c. 3000 BC–2500 BC: Tomb, Newgrange, Ireland, was built.
• c. 2750 BC–1500 BC: Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain See more

• 30th century BC
• 29th century BC
• 28th century BC
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The Bronze Age began in the Ancient Near East roughly between 3000 BC and 2500 BC. The previous millennium had seen the emergence of advanced, urbanized civilizations, new bronze metallurgy extending the productivity of agricultural work, and … See more

Certain 4th millennium BC events were precursors to the 3rd millennium BC:
• c. 3700-1800 BC: Caral-Supe flourished between the fourth … See more

• The oldest documented evidence of the practice of meditation are wall arts in the Mohenjodaro and Harappa.
• Stepwell: Earliest clear evidence of the origins of the stepwell is found in the Indus Valley civilisation's archaeological site at Mohenjodaro See more