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Events relating to athens
Human groups adapt to the conditions of northern Canada and then Greenland, living mainly as hunters of marine mammals
In Mesopotamia, and on the grass steppes of southern Russia, oxen are used to pull heavy loads on sledges
A simple hand-held plough is in use in Egypt and Mesopotamia, at least 1000 years before a heavier version is pulled by oxen
The Egyptians paint murals on the walls of tombs, designed to help the occupants in the next world
The Egyptian hieroglyphic script develops at much the same time as the Sumerian cuneiform
The invention of writing marks the transition, in academic terms, from prehistory to history
The people known as Phoenicians are in the region of modern Lebanon from around this date
Byblos (modern Jbeil) evolves to become the most important seaport and city of Phoenicia
Sirius rises in this year on the first day of the first Egyptian month - a rare event which possibly launches the Egyptian calendar system
The Sumerians, in Mesopotamia, write multiplication tables on clay tablets
Some ninety royal servants, including soldiers, grooms and female musicians, are buried alive in the tomb of a royal couple at Ur
A boat of cedar planks, some 44 metres long, is buried at Giza
Trade lnks, probably by sea in Phoenician ships from Byblos, are established between Egypt and Phoenicia
To ensure continued comfort in the afterlife, rich Egyptians have models placed in their tombs of the necessary servants and utensils
Over many centuries Indo-European tribes (Greeks, Germans, Balts, Italics, Celts) move into new territories throughout western Europe
Priests in Babylon make loans from the temple treasure, introducing the concept of banking
Mathematicians in both Babylon and Egypt independently calculate Π to within 1% of the true value
The Babylonians introduce an important step in the story of arithmetic - the concept of place value in numbers, with digits on the left having greater value than those on the right
On the grass plains of north America humans gradually hunt to extiinction several American species, including the camel, mammoth and horse
Indo-European tribes, known collectively as Aryans, enter India from the northwest
Indo-European tribes, speaking Baltic languages, settle in the regions of modern Lithuania and Latvia
The first steps towards a phonetic alphabet are taken in Phoenicia
The Aryans bring into India the roots of Hinduism, with the Brahmans as a priestly caste
Sacrificial hymns of the Aryans, gathered in the Rigveda, become the earliest Sanskrit literature
All the separate regions of Mesopotamia are by now ruled by aristocracies of warriors fighting from light chariots
