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:	– ; –

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.

Events[]

The Sahara desert starts to form from semi-arid savannah, through desertification.
c. 3500 BC: First known zoo at Hierakonpolis.^[1]
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.^[2]
c. 3500 BC: Tin is discovered.
c. 3500 BC: The Eruption of Mount Isarog in the Philippines.^[3]
c. 3500 BC: The Sumerians develop a logographic script, cuneiform

Sovereign states[]

References[]

^ World's First Zoo - Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Archaeology Magazine, http://www.archaeology.org/1001/topten/egypt.html Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ Memory and Monuments at the Hill of Tara by Erin McDonald, Chronika Journal
^ "Global Volcanism Program | Isarog". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

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[1] World's First Zoo - Hierakonpolis, Egypt, Archaeology Magazine, http://www.archaeology.org/1001/topten/egypt.html Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Memory and Monuments at the Hill of Tara by Erin McDonald, Chronika Journal

[3] "Global Volcanism Program | Isarog". Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 2021-01-22.

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