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3000–1001 BC3000–1001 BC
What were the key events of 3000–1001 BC?
From 3000 to 1001 BC, city-states in Mesopotamia and a unified state in Egypt flourished, and the Great Pyramid of Giza was completed. The Indus Valley civilization, the Aegean civilizations, and China's Shang dynasty along the Yellow River emerged, and King Hammurabi issued his law code.
- City-states and unified kingdoms develop in the Near EastMiddle East
- Planned cities flourish in the Indus ValleyAsia
- Great Pyramid of Giza completedMiddle East
- Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations flourish in AegeanEurope
- Hammurabi issues his law codeMiddle East
- Shang dynasty arises along the Yellow RiverAsia
- Egypt and Hittites clash at KadeshMiddle East
- Hittite capital Hattusa falls, empire collapsesMiddle East
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Key events of 3000–1001 BC (timeline · excerpt)
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Great Pyramid of Giza completed
Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.
A solar eclipse occurs over China, one of the earliest recorded in human history, reportedly resulting in the executions of two astronomers who failed to predict it.
Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
Battle of Megiddo: The first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
Egypt and Hittites clash at Kadesh
Hittite capital Hattusa falls, empire collapses
Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.
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