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The31st century BCwas acenturythat lasted from the year 3100 BC to 3001 BC.
Events
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- c. 3100 BC:Polo(Meitei:Sagol Kangjei[a]) was first played inManipurstate.[b][2][3]
- c. 3100 BC?: The Anu Ziggurat and White Temple are built inUruk.
- c. 3100 BC?: Predynastic period (Neolithic) ends inAncient Egypt.
- c. 3100 BC?: Early Dynastic (Archaic) period starts in Ancient Egypt.
- c. 3100 BC?: The firsttemple of Tarxienis in use by theNeolithicinhabitants ofMalta.[4]
- c. 3100 BC?: First stage in the construction ofStonehenge.[5]
- c. 3100 BC: Oldestadobebuilding in the Americas was built inPeru.
- c. 3100 BC – 2600 BC:Skara Brae,Orkney Islands,Scotlandis inhabited.[6]
- c. 3090 BC:Narmer(Menes) unifiesUpperandLower Egyptinto one country; he rules this new country fromMemphis.
- c. 3051 BC: Theoldest currently livingorganism, aGreat Basin bristlecone pine,undergoes germination in theWhite Mountains of California.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
[edit]- Drainageandsewagesystem in theIndus Valley
- Dams,canals,stone sculpturesusinginclined planeandleverinSumerand theTigris–Euphrates Valley
- Copperwas in use, both as tools and weapons.
- Senetis one of the oldest-known board games in the world.
- c. 3100 BC – Invention ofwritinginMesopotamiaandEgypt
- TheSydney rock engravingsdate to around 3000 BC (Sydney,Australia).[7]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Thokchom, Khelen (2003-11-28)."Italian seal on Manipur polo origin - Milan-based writer to visit Imphal to collect material for book on game's history".telegraphindia.com.Retrieved2022-09-18.
- ^McFarlan, Donald;McWhirter, Norris(1991).Guinness Book of World Records (1991).Bantam Books. p. 706.ISBN978-0-553-28954-1.
Polo can be traced to origins in Manipur state c. 3100 B.C., when it was played as Sagol Kangjei. Other claims are of it being of Persian origin, having been played as pulu c. 525 B.C.
- ^"Guinness Book of World Records 1991 says" Polo can be traced to origins in Manipur state c. 3100 B.C., when it was played as Sagol Kangjei "– SportsTract".Retrieved2022-09-18.
- ^Cilia, Daniel (April 8, 2004). "Tarxien". The Megalithic temples of Malta.http://web.infinito.it/utenti/m/malta_mega_temples/tarxien/tarxien.html.Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
- ^"FACTBOX - Stonehenge hosts Summer solstice revellers".Reuters India.June 20, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon July 10, 2012.RetrievedDecember 30,2010.
- ^Ring, Trudy; Watson, Noelle; Schellinger, Paul (28 October 2013).Northern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places.Routledge. p. 686.ISBN978-1-136-63944-9.
- ^"Australia's top 7 Aboriginal rock art sites".australiangeographic.com.au.March 30, 2016.RetrievedDecember 6,2023.