Clay model of cattle
c. 3500 BC · Resource
A small fired-clay model of four cattle from predynastic Egypt, reflecting the central economic and ritual importance of cattle herding before the pharaohs.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 3500 BCE
- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- Great Pyramid of Giza (2560 BCE)
- Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution ends (4000 BCE)
- Stonehenge (2500 BCE)
- Invention of the wheel (3500 BCE)
- Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686 BCE)
- Domestication of the horse (3500 BCE)
- Mohenjo-daro at its peak (2500 BCE)
- Austronesian expansion begins (3000 BCE)