Skara Brae inhabited
3,180 BCE–2,500 BCE* · Event
Neolithic stone-built village on Orkney; remarkably preserved beneath sand.
On these timelines: Master, United Kingdom (combined), Scotland
Around 3180 BCE
- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- First Dynasty of Egypt founded (3100 BCE)
- Great Pyramid of Giza (2560 BCE)
- Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution ends (4000 BCE)
- Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686 BCE)
- Stonehenge (2500 BCE)
- Akkadian Empire under Sargon (2334 BCE)
- Invention of the wheel (3500 BCE)
- Uruk period in Mesopotamia (4000 BCE)