35th century BC

Millennium:	4th millennium BC
Centuries:	36th century BC 35th century BC 34th century BC
Timelines:	36th century BC 35th century BC 34th century BC
State leaders:	36th century BC 35th century BC 34th century BC
Decades:	3490s BC 3480s BC 3470s BC 3460s BC 3450s BC 3440s BC 3430s BC 3420s BC 3410s BC 3400s BC
Categories:	Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments

The 35th century BC in the Near East sees the gradual transition from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age. Proto-writing enters transitional stage, developing towards writing proper. Wheeled vehicles are now known beyond Mesopotamia, having spread north of the Caucasus and to Europe.

Cultures

The head of EA 32751 ("Ginger") showing the preserved hair. Photo taken in 2011.

• Susa (Iran since 7000 BC)
• Uruk period (Sumer)
• Naqada IIb (Ancient Egypt)
• Early Minoan I
• Sredny Stog culture (final phase)
• Yamna culture (early phase)
• Cucuteni culture
• Vinča culture
• Megalithic Europe (Atlantic fringe)
• Nuragic civilization (Sardinia)
• Comb Ceramic culture
• Funnelbeaker culture
• Yangshao culture

Artifacts

Only approximate dating is usually possible for mid-4th millennium artifacts.

• Kish tablet
• Bronocice pot
• Ginger (mummy)
• Knap of Howar

Events

• The Sahara desert starts to form from semi-arid savannah, through desertification.
• c. 3500 BC: First known zoo at Hierakonpolis.
• c. 3400 BC: Sumerian temple record keepers redesign the stamp seal in the form of a cylinder.
• c. 3500 BC: Pictographic proto-writing starts developing towards writing proper in Sumer, thus starting what is technically considered history.
• c. 3500 BC: The first monument of which there is still a trace (Duma na nGiall) is built on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland.
• c. 3500 BC: Tin is discovered.
• c. 3500 BC: The Eruption of Mount Isarog in the Philippines.
• c. 3500 BC: The Sumerians develop a logographic script, cuneiform
• c. 3484 BC: The oldest estimated germination of Alerce Milenario with more conservative dates of only ‘c.1653 BC’.

Sovereign states

Main article: List of sovereign states in the 35th century BC

References

Template:Decades and years

This article "35th century BC" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:35th century BC. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

---