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4 days ago · Evidence of human settlement in the area later known as Scotland dates from the 3rd millennium bce. The earliest people, Mesolithic ( Middle Stone Age ) hunters and fishermen who probably reached Scotland via an ancient land bridge from the Continent, were to be found on the west coast, near Oban, and as far south as Kirkcudbright , where their ...
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5 days ago · In Lower Mesopotamia, the Early Dynastic Period begins around the start of the 3rd millennium BC, during which this region again exerts considerable influence over its neighbours.
4 days ago · Celt, a member of an early Indo-European people who from the 2nd millennium bce to the 1st century bce spread over much of Europe. Their tribes and groups eventually ranged from the British Isles and northern Spain to as far east as Transylvania , the Black Sea coasts, and Galatia in Anatolia and were in part absorbed into the Roman Empire as ...
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5 days ago · It is the largest known cemetery from the 3rd millennium bce in Britain. A second, smaller bluestone circle, 30 feet (10 metres) in diameter and known as Bluestonehenge, was built on the bank of the River Avon over 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Aubrey Holes.
2 days ago · The Bell Beaker culture, also known as the Bell Beaker complex or Bell Beaker phenomenon, is an archaeological culture named after the inverted-bell beaker drinking vessel used at the very beginning of the European Bronze Age, arising from around 2800 BC.
18 hours ago · One of a pair of lions which once stood at the gate of the ancient Sumerian city of Eridu (Tell Abu Shahrain) to guard the city's entrance. The lion was carved from black basalt. From Eridu, Southern Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq. Mid-3rd millennium BCE. The Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
3 days ago · During the Early Bronze Age (3300–2100 BCE), the first writing systems evolved from systems of proto-writing, which used ideographic and mnemonic symbols to communicate information, but did not record human language directly. Proto-writing is attested as early as the 7th millennium BCE, with well-known examples including:
