Jadeite axe
c. 4000-2000 BC · Resource
A polished Neolithic axe-head of Alpine jadeite, too pristine for everyday use and likely ceremonial. The stone was quarried in the Italian Alps and traded across Europe to Britain.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 3000 BCE
- Invention of writing (Sumer) (3200 BCE)
- Austronesian expansion begins (3000 BCE)
- First Dynasty of Egypt founded (3100 BCE)
- Skara Brae inhabited (3180 BCE)
- Newgrange built (3200 BCE)
- Construction of Stonehenge begins (3000 BCE)
- Stonehenge erected (3000 BCE)
- Hieroglyphic writing emerges (3200 BCE)
- Caral / Norte Chico civilization (3000 BCE)
- Maya Long Count calendar baseline (3114 BCE)