33rd century BC

Millennium:	4th millennium BC
Centuries:	34th century BC 33rd century BC 32nd century BC
Decades:	3290s BC 3280s BC 3270s BC 3260s BC 3250s BC 3240s BC 3230s BC 3220s BC 3210s BC 3200s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 33rd century BC is a century which lasted from the year 3300 BC to 3201 BC.

Events

The sun shines over Saharan dunes

Major climate shift possibly due to shift in solar activity. Glaciers expand, covering plants. Atmospheric temperatures fall.
Sahara changes from a habitable region into a barren desert
Ancient Egypt begins using clay, bone and ivory tags to label boxes, possibly an example of proto-writing
Indus Valley Civilization (also known as Harappan civilization or Sindu-Sarasvati civilization) begins in Harappa
c. 3300 BC, Harappan script is discovered in Indus Valley (present day Pakistan)
c. 3300 BC—Pictographs in Uruk
3300 BC to 3000 BC: Face of a woman, from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) is made. It is now in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad (stolen and recovered in 2003).
c. 3300 BC The Red Temple, the first phase of the Monte d'Accoddi sanctuary in Northwest Sardinia, is built.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

The Bronze Age begins in the Fertile Crescent (Roux, 1980)
Cattle introduced to the Nile valley
Egyptians domesticate the wild ass of North Africa (Clutton-Brock)
c. 3250 BC – Potter's wheel in use in Ancient Near East

Significant people

Ötzi the Iceman memorial

Ötzi the Iceman, a mummy discovered in the Austrian/Italian Alps in 1991

Decades and years

33rd century BC
35th century BC←34th century BC← ↔ →32nd century BC→31st century BC

3309–3300 BC	3309 BC	3308 BC	3307 BC	3306 BC	3305 BC	3304 BC	3303 BC	3302 BC	3301 BC	3300 BC
3290s BC	3299 BC	3298 BC	3297 BC	3296 BC	3295 BC	3294 BC	3293 BC	3292 BC	3291 BC	3290 BC
3280s BC	3289 BC	3288 BC	3287 BC	3286 BC	3285 BC	3284 BC	3283 BC	3282 BC	3281 BC	3280 BC
3270s BC	3279 BC	3278 BC	3277 BC	3276 BC	3275 BC	3274 BC	3273 BC	3272 BC	3271 BC	3270 BC
3260s BC	3269 BC	3268 BC	3267 BC	3266 BC	3265 BC	3264 BC	3263 BC	3262 BC	3261 BC	3260 BC
3250s BC	3259 BC	3258 BC	3257 BC	3256 BC	3255 BC	3254 BC	3253 BC	3252 BC	3251 BC	3250 BC
3240s BC	3249 BC	3248 BC	3247 BC	3246 BC	3245 BC	3244 BC	3243 BC	3242 BC	3241 BC	3240 BC
3230s BC	3239 BC	3238 BC	3237 BC	3236 BC	3235 BC	3234 BC	3233 BC	3232 BC	3231 BC	3230 BC
3220s BC	3229 BC	3228 BC	3227 BC	3226 BC	3225 BC	3224 BC	3223 BC	3222 BC	3221 BC	3220 BC
3210s BC	3219 BC	3218 BC	3217 BC	3216 BC	3215 BC	3214 BC	3213 BC	3212 BC	3211 BC	3210 BC
3209–3200 BC	3209 BC	3208 BC	3207 BC	3206 BC	3205 BC	3204 BC	3203 BC	3202 BC	3201 BC	3200 BC
3190s BC	3199 BC	3198 BC	3197 BC	3196 BC	3195 BC	3194 BC	3193 BC	3192 BC	3191 BC	3190 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