30th century BC

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Millennium:	3rd millennium BC
Centuries:	31st century BC 30th century BC 29th century BC
Decades:	2990s BC 2980s BC 2970s BC 2960s BC 2950s BC 2940s BC 2930s BC 2920s BC 2910s BC 2900s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 30th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC.

Events

Stele bearing the name of Djet

Before 3000 BC: Image of a deity, detail from a cong recovered from Tomb 12, Fanshan, Yuyao, Zhejiang, is made. Neolithic period. Liangzhu culture. It is now kept at Zhejiang Provincial Museum, Hangzhou.
c. 3000 BC: Early agriculture in North Africa.
3000 BC – 2600 BC: Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley
c. 3000 BC: Neolithic period ends.
c. 3000 BC: Djer, third pharaoh of united Egypt, starts to reign.
c. 3000 BC: Caral, the first city in the Americas, starts to be built.
c. 3000 BC: Troy is founded.
c. 3000 BC: There is an intense phase of burial at Duma na nGiall on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland.^[1]
c. 3000 BC: Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.^[2]
3000 BC – 2350 BC: Scarlet Ware vase, from Tutub (modern Khafajah, Iraq) is made, it is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad
3000 BC – 2000 BC: World population about 30 million.^{[citation needed]}
c. 3000 BC: Epidamnos civilization starts.
c. 3000 BC: Cycladic civilization in the Aegean Sea starts
c. 3000 BC: Minoan civilization starts.
c. 3000 BC: Helladic period starts.
c. 3000 BC: Norte Chico civilization in Northern Peru starts.
c. 3000 BC: The Angono Petroglyphs are carved in the Philippines.
c. 3000 BC: Aegean Bronze Age starts.
c. 3000 BC: Middle Jōmon period starts in Japan.
c. 2955 BC: Djer, third pharaoh of Egypt, dies
c. 2950 BC: first definitive use of a Nebty name by Egyptian First Dynasty pharaoh, Semerkhet.
c. 2920 BC: Djet, fourth pharaoh of Egypt.

Significant people

Djer, Djet, Merneith, Den, Anedjib, Semerkhet—Pharaohs of the First dynasty of Egypt.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

3000 BC–2000 BC; Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in the Americas (in Ecuador).
c. 3000 BC—Sumerians establish cities.
c. 3000 BC—Sumerians start to work in various metals.
c. 3000 BC—Knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern grains appears in Ancient China.
3000 BC-2000 BC - Settled villages are widespread in Mesoamerica.
The shekal was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit; see ancient weights and measures, Shekel.

Fiction

~5,000 years ago: Setting for Dawn of Empire by Sam Barone (the Eskkar Saga book 1)
3157 BC: Setting for Empire Rising by Sam Barone (the Eskkar Saga book 2)^[3]
In the TV show, Stargate: SG-1, the native people of Earth successfully rebel against the Goa'uld in 2995 BC.
3000 BC: A zombie outbreak in Egypt in The Zombie Survival Guide

References

↑ Memory and Monuments at the Hill of Tara by Erin McDonald, Chronika Journal
↑ National Geographic, June 2008
↑ http://sambarone.com/

Decades and years

30th century BC
32nd century BC←31st century BC← ↔ →29th century BC→28th century BC

3009–3000 BC	3009 BC	3008 BC	3007 BC	3006 BC	3005 BC	3004 BC	3003 BC	3002 BC	3001 BC	3000 BC
2990s BC	2999 BC	2998 BC	2997 BC	2996 BC	2995 BC	2994 BC	2993 BC	2992 BC	2991 BC	2990 BC
2980s BC	2989 BC	2988 BC	2987 BC	2986 BC	2985 BC	2984 BC	2983 BC	2982 BC	2981 BC	2980 BC
2970s BC	2979 BC	2978 BC	2977 BC	2976 BC	2975 BC	2974 BC	2973 BC	2972 BC	2971 BC	2970 BC
2960s BC	2969 BC	2968 BC	2967 BC	2966 BC	2965 BC	2964 BC	2963 BC	2962 BC	2961 BC	2960 BC
2950s BC	2959 BC	2958 BC	2957 BC	2956 BC	2955 BC	2954 BC	2953 BC	2952 BC	2951 BC	2950 BC
2940s BC	2949 BC	2948 BC	2947 BC	2946 BC	2945 BC	2944 BC	2943 BC	2942 BC	2941 BC	2940 BC
2930s BC	2939 BC	2938 BC	2937 BC	2936 BC	2935 BC	2934 BC	2933 BC	2932 BC	2931 BC	2930 BC
2920s BC	2929 BC	2928 BC	2927 BC	2926 BC	2925 BC	2924 BC	2923 BC	2922 BC	2921 BC	2920 BC
2910s BC	2919 BC	2918 BC	2917 BC	2916 BC	2915 BC	2914 BC	2913 BC	2912 BC	2911 BC	2910 BC
2909–2900 BC	2909 BC	2908 BC	2907 BC	2906 BC	2905 BC	2904 BC	2903 BC	2902 BC	2901 BC	2900 BC
2890s BC	2899 BC	2898 BC	2897 BC	2896 BC	2895 BC	2894 BC	2893 BC	2892 BC	2891 BC	2890 BC

Centuries and millennia

Millennium	Century
BC (BCE)
4th	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
3rd	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
AD (CE)
1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th

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