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| c. 3500 BC |
| | Olives are cultivated in Crete and will provide, in the form of olive oil, one of the main staples of Mediterranean trade | |
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| c. 3250 BC |
| | A neolithic herdsman dies high in the Alps - and is perfectly preserved in ice | |
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| c. 3100 BC |
| | Sumer develops as the first centre of Mesopotamian civilization | |
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| c. 3100 BC |
| | Upper and Lower Egypt are unified into a single kingdom, inaugurating the first Egyptian dynasty | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | The llama and the alpaca, two south American members of the camel family, are domesticated | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | Wheels are in use on carts, particularly where wood is easily available and the ground rough - as in the forests of Europe | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | Complex societies, with sophisticated temple architecture, develop at sites such as Aspero and Caral in the Norte Chico region of Peru | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | On the steppes of central Asia tribesmen tame, breed and eventually ride horses | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | Oxen are given the heavy work of pulling the plough, previously done by men | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | The ass, until now roaming wild from northeast Africa to Mesopotamia, is domesticated in Egypt | |
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