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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.
Century. Decades. 13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 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.
Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. New York : New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Yale University Press. 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.
During the third millennium B.C., diverse populations inhabited the vast areas stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River and from Central Asia to the Gulf. Among the most intriguing of these peoples are those who dwelt in the cities and countryside of Sumer (southern Mesopotamia).
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 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.
Probably first settled in the 3rd millennium bc, it came under the rule of the Amorite kings around 2000 bc. It became the capital of Babylonia and was the chief commercial city of the Tigris and Euphrates river system. Destroyed by Sennacherib in 689 bc, it was later rebuilt.
