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31st Century BC



Events





*c. 3100 BC: Narmer (Menes) unifies Upper and Lower Egypt into one country; he rules this new country from Memphis.[http://www.kingtutshop.com/freeinfo/king-narmar.htm]
*c. 3100 BC: Narmer, pharaoh, rules (other dates are 3150 BC–3125 BC).)
*c. 3100 BC: Predynastic period (Neolithic) ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 3150 BC).
*c. 3100 BC: Early Dynastic (Archaic) period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 3150 BC).
*c. 3100 BC: The first temple of Tarxien is in use by the Neolithic inhabitants of Malta.
*c. 3100 BC: First stage in the construction of Stonehenge.)
*c. 3100 BC – 2600 BC: Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland is inhabited. Discovered 1850.)
*c. 3100 BC: Anu Ziggurat and White Temple in Uruk, Mesopotamia (modern Warka, Iraq) are built.)
*c. 3100 BC: Humans develop a writing system, cuneiform script.

Significant persons


*Wazner, king Serket pre-dynastic pharaohs of Egypt
*Narmer, founder of the First dynasty of Egypt
*Hor-Aha, Narmer's successor

Legendary


*Methuselah, son of Enoch, (3073 BC–2104 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar

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.
* c. 3100 BC – Invention of writing in Ancient Near East.

Religion


Hinduism


* 9 October 3009 BCE Julian (September 14, 3009 BCE Gregorian)—Mahabharata war started (according to calculations of Aryabhatta).
* 17 February or 18 February 3102 BCE—The Kali Yuga begins


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