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
- First Dynasty of Egypt founded (3100 BCE)
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- Indus Valley Civilisation begins (3300 BCE)
- Great Pyramid of Giza (2560 BCE)
- Sumerian civilisation (4500 BCE)
- Neolithic (Agricultural) Revolution ends (4000 BCE)
- Old Kingdom of Egypt (2686 BCE)
- Stonehenge (2500 BCE)
- Invention of the wheel (3500 BCE)
- Uruk period in Mesopotamia (4000 BCE)