31st century BC
(32nd century BC – 31st century BC – 30th century BC – other centuries)
(5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC)
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Events
- c. 3100 BC – Narmer, pharaoh, was born.
- c. 3100 BC – First stage in the construction of Stonehenge.
- c. 3100 BC – Skara Brae first occupied.
- c. 3100 BC - Anu Ziggurat and White Temple in Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) were built.
- c. 3050 BC – Narmer, pharaoh, was born (another lists).
- 3000 BC – Narmer unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.
- 3000 BC – Narmer, pharaoh, died.
Significant persons
- Wazner, king Serket pre-dynastic pharaohs of Egypt
- Narmer, founder of the First dynasty of Egypt
- Hor-Aha, Narmer's successor
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- Chinese ideograms
- Drainage and sewage system in India
- Dams, canals, stone sculptures using inclined plane and lever in Sumer
- Pyramids in Ancient Egypt
- Copper was in use, both as tools and weapons.
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Categories
31st century BC | 4th millennium BC | Centuries
