c. 3100 BC?: The first temple of Tarxien is in use by the Neolithic inhabitants of Malta. c. 3100 BC?: First stage in the construction of Stonehenge. c. 3100 BC – 2600 BC: Skara Brae, Orkney Islands, Scotland is inhabited. c. 3090 BC: Narmer (Menes) unifies Upper and Lower Egypt into one country; he rules this new country from Memphis.

The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC.. In Western Asia, the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against Assyrian rule. The Kingdom of Judah came to an end in 586 BC when Babylonian forces under Nebuchadnezzar …

The 8th century BCE started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC.The 8th century BC is a period of great change for several historically significant civilizations. In Egypt, the 23rd and 24th dynasties lead to rule from Nubia in the 25th Dynasty.The Neo-Assyrian Empire reaches the peak of its power, conquering the Kingdom of Israel as well as nearby countries.

The 34th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3400 BC to 3301 BC. Cultures. Stage IIIa2 of the Naqada culture in Egypt (dated in 1998). Archaic forms of cuneiform emerge in the late Uruk period in Mesopotamia. Burial of a child at Ashleypark Burial Mound, Ireland (c. 3350 BC)

The 27th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC. Events. Statuette of Imhotep in the Louvre. He is the first architect and physician whose name was recorded and has survived to modern times. c. 2750–2600 BC: Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.

The 26th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC. Events Crete. c. 2600–2400 BC: Early Minoan I period in Crete. Egypt. c. 2551–2526 BC: Reign of Khufu, second pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty. The height of the Old Kingdom under the reigns of Khufu, Khafre and ...

The 39th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC. Events. A replica of the Sweet Track. The Post Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England, is built, c. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered roads discovered in Northern Europe.

The 30th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC. Events. Stele bearing the name of Djet. Before 3000 BC: An image of a deity (detail from a cong) recovered from Tomb 12 ...

The 20th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC. The period of the 2nd Millennium BC. Map of the world in 2000 BC. Events. The pyramid ruin of Amenemhet I at Lisht. He was the founder of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. c. 2000 BC: Farmers and herders ...

During the 40th century BC, the Eastern Mediterranean region was in the Chalcolithic period (Copper Age), transitional between the Stone and the Bronze Ages. Northwestern Europe was in the Neolithic. China was dominated by the Neolithic Yangshao culture.The Americas were in a phase of transition between the Paleo-Indian (Lithic) to the Meso-Indian (Archaic) stage.

The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. The Parthenon in Athens, a symbol of Ancient Greece and Western Philosophy. This century saw the establishment of Pataliputra as a capital of the Magadha Empire. This city would later become the ruling capital of different Indian kingdoms for about a thousand ...

The 18th century lasted from January 1, 1701 to December 31, 1800 ().During the 18th century, elements of Enlightenment thinking culminated in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions.During the century, slave trading and human trafficking expanded across the shores of the Atlantic, while declining in Russia, China, and Korea.Revolutions began to challenge the …

Events Asia. c. 1300–1046 BC: In China, the Shang dynasty flourishes as it settles its capital, Yin, near Anyang. Chinese settlers swarm in compact groups to create new clearing areas towards the Yangtze basin in the south, the Shanxi terraces in the northwest and the Wei River valley. The Shang then seem to frequently wage war with the still non-Sinicized populations who inhabit …

The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (), to December 31, 1700 ().It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, …