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The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC. Some of the major changes in human culture during this time included the beginning of the Bronze Age and the invention of writing, which played a major role in starting recorded history.
- 3rd Millennium BC
The 3rd millennium BC spanned the years 3000 to 2001 BC....
- 5th Millennium BC
World map in 5000 BCE. The 5th millennium BC spanned the...
- 40th Century BC
During the 40th century BC, the Eastern Mediterranean region...
- 3rd Millennium BC
The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000.
These timelines begin at the start of the 4th millennium in 3001 CE, and continue until the furthest and most remote reaches of future time.
Years From NowEvent1,000Due to the lunar tides decelerating the ...1,100As Earth's poles precess, Gamma Cephei ...10,000If a failure of the Wilkes Subglacial ...10,000–1 million [note 1]The red supergiant stars Betelgeuse and ...The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture. It marked the beginning of the Bronze Age and of writing. The city states of Sumer and the kingdom of Egypt were started and grew to prominence. Agriculture spread widely across Eurasia.
Fiction set in the 4th millennium BC (2 C, 6 P) I. 4th-millennium BC introductions (3 P) M. Metal Ages (2 C, 1 P) N. Neolithic Europe (16 C, 26 P) P.
The Tumulus of Bougon or Necropolis of Bougon (French: " Tumulus de Bougon", "Nécropole de Bougon") is a group of five Neolithic barrows located in Bougon, near La-Mothe-Saint-Héray, between Exoudun and Pamproux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Their discovery in 1840 raised great scientific interest.
Following liberation in 1944, the Fourth Republic was established. France slowly recovered, and enjoyed a baby boom that reversed its low fertility rate. Long wars in Indochina and Algeria drained French resources and ended in political defeat.
