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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 Ancient Near East. In Ancient Egypt, the Early Dynastic Period is followed by the Old Kingdom. In Mesopotamia, the Early Dynastic Period is followed by the Akkadian Empire.
- 2nd Millennium BC
The 2nd millennium BC spanned the years 2000 BC to 1001 BC....
- 4th Millennium BC
The 4th millennium BC' spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC....
- 2nd Millennium BC
12th millennium BC · 12,000–11,001 BC. 11th millennium BC · 11,000–10,001 BC. 10th millennium BC · 10,000–9001 BC. 9th millennium BC · 9000–8001 BC. 8th millennium BC · 8000–7001 BC. 7th millennium BC · 7000–6001 BC. 6th millennium BC · 6000–5001 BC. 5th millennium BC · 5000–4001 BC. 4th millennium BC · 4000–3001 BC.
This category has the following 28 subcategories, out of 28 total. 29th century BC (4 C, 1 P) 28th century BC (4 C, 1 P) 27th century BC (5 C, 3 P) 26th century BC (6 C, 2 P) 25th century BC (5 C, 1 P) 24th century BC (6 C, 2 P)
This category has the following 32 subcategories, out of 32 total. 3rd millennium by region (4 C) 3rd millennium by continent (10 C) 3rd millennium by country (231 C)
The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age . This was a period of time in which the desire to conquer was common. Expansion occurred throughout the Middle East and throughout Eurasia, with Indo-European expansion to Anatolia, Europe and Central Asia. The civilization of Ancient Egypt rose to a peak with the Old Kingdom.
Predynastic Egyptians of the 5th millennium BC pictorially represented geometric designs. It has been claimed that megalithic monuments in England and Scotland, dating from the 3rd millennium BC, incorporate geometric ideas such as circles, ellipses, and Pythagorean triples in their design.
Our civilization is rooted in the forms and innovations of societies that flourished in the distant lands of Western Asia more than six thousand years ago. These earliest societies, established millennia before the Greco-Roman period, extended from Egypt to India. The earliest among them was the region known to the ancients as Mesopotamia, located between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers ...
