32nd century BC

Events

Varna Necropolis: The oldest gold in the world found near Varna lake.
Malta: Construction of the Ħaġar Qim megalithic temples, featuring both solar and lunar alignments. "Tarxien period" of megalithic temple construction reaches its apex.
c. 3150 BC — Narmer (First Dynasty) started to rule in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt: Earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphs, beginning of the Early Dynastic Period.
c. 3125 BC — Narmer died.
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.
3102 BC — Astrological evidence places this date to be the death of Krishna at the age of 125.

Significant persons

Enoch, son of Jared, (3138 BC–2873 BC) according to the Hebrew Calendar.
Narmer, successor of King Scorpion and founder of the First dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

August 13, 3114 BC — Starting date of current Long Count in the Maya calendar.
3102 BC — Year 0 of the Kali Yuga begins.
c. 3100 BC the earliest phase of Stonehenge construction begins.

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