32nd century BC
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(33rd century BC - 32nd century BC - 31st century BC - other centuries)
(5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC)
Events
- Varna Necropolis: The oldest gold in the world found near Varna lake.
- Ancient Egypt: Earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphs, beginning of the Early Dynastic Period.
- Crete: Rise of Minoan civilization
- Neolithic settlement built at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
- New Stone Age people in Ireland build the 250,000 ton (226,796.2 tonne) Newgrange solar oriented passage tomb.
- The Kurukshetra war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas occurs in India
Significant persons
- Narmer, successor of Serket and founder of the First dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- 3114 BC — Starting date of current Long Count in the Maya calendar
- 3102 BC — Year 0 of the Kali Yuga begins 18 February.
- c. 3100 BC the earliest phase of Stonehenge construction begins.
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