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Inventions, discoveries, introductions. 3000–2000 BC – Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in the Americas (in Ecuador). c. 3000 BC – Sumerians establish cities. c. 3000 BC – Sumerians start to work in various metals.
- 29th Century BC
The grove in which the Prometheus Tree grew, with the...
- 31st Century BC
Spiral design altar block from the Tarxien Temples of Malta,...
- 29th Century BC
July 31 – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. August 1 – Octavian Caesar captures Alexandria. This marks the official annexation of Ancient Egypt to the Roman Republic.
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Late 4th millennium BC: Sumerian cuneiform writing system and Egyptian hieroglyphsare first used3200 BC: Cycladic culture in Greece.3200 BC: Caral-Supe civilization begins in Peru.3200 BC: Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran.Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. It refers to the timeframe of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Ancient history includes the recorded Greek history beginning in about 776 BC (First Olympiad). This...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity. Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: ge...
Eastern Hemisphere in 500 BC.Eastern Hemisphere in 323 BC.Eastern Hemisphere in 200 BC.Eastern Hemisphere in 100 BC.Carr, E. H. (Edward Hallett). What is History?.Thorndike 1923, Becker 1931, MacMullen 1966, MacMullen 1990, Thomas & Wick 1993, Loftus 1996.Collingwood, R. G. (1946). The Idea of History. Oxford: Clarendon Press.Dodds, E. R. (1964). The Greeks and the Irrational. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.Pages in category "30th century BC". This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes . 30th century BC. Categories: 3rd millennium BC. Centuries. Hidden category: Automatic category TOC generates no TOC.
Antony crosses the frontier into Media Atropatene and commences the siege of Phraaspa. He establishes a line of circumvallation and builds siege engines. September 3 – Battle of Naulochus: Agrippa defeats Sextus Pompeius, a son of Pompeius, in a naval engagement off Naulochus.
30 BC. The year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Octavian and Crassus.
Chaldea[1] (/ kælˈdiːə /) was a small country that existed between the late 10th or early 9th and mid-6th centuries BC, after which the country and its people were absorbed and assimilated into the indigenous population of Babylonia. [2] Semitic -speaking, it was located in the marshy land of the far southeastern corner of Mesopotamia and ...
