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| c. 3000 BC |
| | | Semitic tribes move up from the Arabian peninsula, through Sinai into Palestine and Syria | |
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| c. 2600 BC |
| | | The Canaanites establish themselves in the region around what is now Jerusalem | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | | Bantu-speaking tribes begin to spread through Africa, from their original homelands south of the Sahara | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | | Africa south of the equatorial forests is largely inhabited by the Khoisan, of whom the San and the Hottentots are the modern survivors | |
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| c. 2000 BC |
| | | The Beaker people arrive in Britain, bringing several desirable commodities - including horses, alcohol and bronze | |
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| c. 1800 BC |
| | | Abraham leaves Ur and moves with his tribe and flocks towards Canaan | |
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| c. from 1750 BC |
| | | Over many centuries Indo-European tribes (Greeks, Germans, Balts, Italics, Celts) move into new territories throughout western Europe | |
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| c. 1700 BC |
| | | The biblical account suggests that around this period the Hebrews are a captive tribe in Egypt | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The Maya are believed to have lived in the same region from about 1500 BC to the present day - America's longest example of continuity | |
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| c. 1500 BC |
| | | The Slavs settle in the regions of eastern Europe and western Russia | |
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