31st century BC

Events

c. 3100 BC — Narmer, pharaoh, rules (other dates are 3150 BC - 3125 BC).)
c. 3100 BC — Menes unites Ancient Egypt.
c. 3100 BC - Predynastic period (Neolithic) ends in Ancient Egypt (other date is 3150 BC).
c. 3100 BC - Early Dynastic (Archaic) period starts in Ancient Egypt (other date is 3150 BC).
c. 3100 BC — First stage in the construction of Stonehenge.)
c. 3100 BC — Skara Brae first occupied.)
c. 3100 BC — Anu Ziggurat and White Temple in Uruk, Mesopotamia (modern Warka, Iraq) are built.)
3067 BC — Mahabharata war as deduced at UMASS Dartmouth
c. 3050 BC — Menes, pharaoh, was born (another lists).)
3000 BC — Menes unifies Upper and Lower Egypt, and a new capital is erected at Memphis.)
3000 BC — Menes, pharaoh, died.)

Significant persons

Wazner, king Serket pre-dynastic pharaohs of Egypt
Narmer, founder of the First dynasty of Egypt
Hor-Aha, Narmer's successor
Methuselah, son of Enoch, (3073 BC–2104 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

Chinese ideograms
Drainage and sewage system in India
Dams, canals, stone sculptures using inclined plane and lever in Sumer
Pyramids in Ancient Egypt
Copper was in use, both as tools and weapons.

Mythology

9 Oct 3009 BCE Julian Mahabharata war started (according to calculations of Aryabhatta)

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