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| Invention | Notes | ||
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| 3000 BC | Brick Buildings | Egypt Sumeria |
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| 3000 BC | Button | Indus Valley | re-invented in Germany, 1235 |
| 3000 BC | Candles | Egypt Crete |
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| 3000 BC | Cotton Cultivation | South America Central America |
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| 3000 BC | Glass | Middle East | in modern Syria, Lebanon |
| 3000 BC | Oil Palm, Yam Cultivation | Africa | in West Africa |
| 3000 BC | Potters Wheel | Mesopotamia | |
| 3000 BC | Reed Boats | Egypt Mesopotamia |
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| 3000 BC | Standard Weights | Egypt | |
| 3000 BC | Sundial (Simple Gnomon) | Egypt | a gnomon is an vertical stick |
| 3000 BC | Use of Bronze | Mesopotamia | used in armour |
| 3000 BC | Use of Coca | South America | leaves chewed as a narcotic |
| 2900 BC | City Structure | Sumeria | administrative and residential sections in Uruk (modern Iraq) |
| 2900 BC | Pyramid Buildings | Egypt | |
| 2800 BC | Sickle | Sumeria | for harvesting grain |
| 2800 BC | Soap | Mesopotamia | |
| 2700 BC | First Fire Drill | China | ordered by Emperor Huang Ti |
| 2601 BC | Will | Egypt | by Nik'ure, a pharaoh's son wealth left to wife, children and mistress |
| 2600 BC | Mummification | Egypt | to preserve dead bodies |
| 2600 BC | Rope | China | from hemp |
| 2500 BC | Dikes | Mesopotamia Indus Valley |
for water control |
| 2500 BC | Domestication of Camel | Central Asia Middle East |
Bactrian camel in Central Asia Drumadary camel in Arabian Peninsula |
| 2500 BC | First Libraries | Mesopotamia | the storage and propagation of knowledge |
| 2500 BC | Ink | Egypt China |
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| 2500 BC | Papyrus | Egypt | for writing |
| 2500 BC | Planned Cities | Indus Valley | grid system for streets |
| 2500 BC | Schools | Sumeria | |
| 2500 BC | The Rounded Arch | Indus Valley | at Mohenjo Daro; re-invented by the Etruscans c 600 BC |
| 2400 BC | First Judicial Code | Mesopotamia | by Uru Kagina, King of Lagash |
| 2400 BC | Irrigation, Canals | Sumeria China |
increase in food production, transport |
| 2400 BC | Umbrella, Parasol | Mesopotamia | originally to keep off the sun |
| 2340 BC | Empire Building | Mesopotamia | Sargon of Akkad, the first empire builder maintained the first standing army |
| 2300 BC | Map Making | Mesopotamia | |
| 2100 BC | Alcohol (Beer) | Sumeria | |
| 2000 BC | Glass Tools | Africa | Njoro River in East Africa from black volcanic glass |
| 2000 BC | Medical Prescriptions | Sumeria | recorded on stone tablets |
| 2000 BC | Obelisk | Egypt | in Heliopolis (near modern Cairo) |
| 2000 BC | Paved Roads | Crete | by the Minoans |
| 2000 BC | Sanitation | Crete | by the Minoans |
| 2000 BC | Underwater Tunnel | Babylonia | under River Euphrates (modern day Iraq) connecting king's palace with temple |
| 2000 BC | Wooden Locks | Egypt |
The worship of the Sun began in Egypt c3000 BC. Imhotep, the earliest engineer known by name, lived in northern Egypt around 2970 BC. He is said to have built the Step Pyramid in Saqqara. The pyramids of Egypt feature in the writings of the Classical Greeks nearly 2000 years after they were built and still stand in the modern era. Around 2800 BC, elaborate stone relief carvings were being made by the Egyptians. The "Book of the Dead" appeared around 2100 BC.
The first libraries (centres of knowledge and study) were set up in Mesopotamia. The earliest poetry was produced in Sumeria around 2330 BC, written by a high priestess called Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad. The world's oldest story, "The Epic of Gilgamesh" appeared in Mesopotamia around 2200 BC. It includes the first flood and ark story.
The city of Mundigak (modern Kandahar in Afghanistan) was founded c2900 BC. Troy (modern Turkey) was first settled around 2500 BC. The oldest known fortress was built in Shisur (modern Oman) around 2500 BC; it was used until 1500 AD.
The Chinese calendar has its start point in 2698 BC. China recorded the earliest solar eclipse on 22 October 2137 BC.
Between 2500 BC and 2000 BC a group of nomads left their homeland north of the Black Sea and began migrating West into Europe and East into Asia. These were the Indo-Europeans. The languages of their descendents would eventually dominate the world. By 2000 BC the migrations had brought them into northern Italy via the Alps.