30th century BC

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Ceremonial temple butcher knife made of flint, with the Horus name of the pharaoh Djer inscribed on its gold handle. On display at the Royal Ontario Museum

• c. 3000 BC — Neolithic period ends.
• 3000 BC — Djer, second pharaoh of Egypt, starts to reign.
• c. 3000 BC — Narmer Palette from Hierakonpolis, First Dynasty, is made. It is now at Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
• 3000 BC — Caral, building of the first city in the Americas started.
• c. 3000 BC — Troy is founded.
• 3000 BC–2350 BC — Scarlet Ware vase, from Tutub (modern Tell Khafajeh, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
• 3000 BC–2000 BC — World population about 30 million.
• c. 3000 BC — Cycladic civilization starts.
• c. 3000 BC — Minoan civilization starts.
• c. 3000 BC - Helladic period starts.
• Early Harappan period.
• c. 2955 BC — Djer, second pharaoh of Egypt, dies.rough estimate
• 2925 BC–2776 BC — First Dynasty wars in Egypt.
• c. 2920 BC — Djet, third pharaoh of Egypt.
• 2900 BC — Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Mesopotamia.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

• 3000 BC–2000 BC; Hieroglyphic writing Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in Americas (Ecuador)
• c. 3000 BC — Sumerians establish cities
• 3000 BC — Sumerians start to work in various metals
• The shekal was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit; see ancient weights and measures

Decades and years

[[::Decades|Decades]] and [[::Years|Years]]

30th century BC

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[[::Centuries|Centuries]] and [[::Millennia|Millennia]]

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Anno Domini / Common Era (AD/CE)
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