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Prehistorybefore 3000 BC
What were the key events of prehistory (before 3000 BC)?
In prehistory, before about 3000 BC, modern humans spread from Africa across the world, and farming and herding began in West Asia. The Jomon culture developed in the Japanese archipelago, Sumerian city-states and writing emerged in Mesopotamia, and a unified kingdom arose in Egypt.
- Modern humans spread from Africa worldwideAfrica
- Jomon culture develops in JapanAsia
- Farming and herding begin in West AsiaMiddle East
- Holocene sea-level rise reaches its peakAsia
- Earliest phase of Sannai-Maruyama settlementAsia
- Uruk period begins in MesopotamiaMiddle East
- Sumerians invent proto-cuneiform writing at UrukMiddle East
- Upper and Lower Egypt unite under First DynastyMiddle East
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Key events of Prehistory (timeline · excerpt)
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Earliest phase of Sannai-Maruyama settlement
Uruk period begins in Mesopotamia
Sumerians invent proto-cuneiform writing at Uruk
Upper and Lower Egypt unite under First Dynasty
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