Invention of writing (Sumer)
~3200 BCE · Event
Cuneiform script emerges in Mesopotamia, the start of recorded history.
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- Code of Hammurabi (1754 BCE)
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- Neo-Assyrian Empire (911 BCE)
- Cyrus conquers Babylon (539 BCE)
- Neo-Babylonian Empire (626 BCE)
- Sumerian city-states emerge (4000 BCE)
Around 3200 BCE
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- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Great Pyramid of Giza (2560 BCE)
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- Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686 BCE)
- Stonehenge (2500 BCE)
- Invention of the wheel (3500 BCE)
- Austronesian expansion begins (3000 BCE)
- Domestication of the horse (3500 BCE)
- Mohenjo-daro at its peak (2500 BCE)