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Events relating to civilization
Olives are cultivated in Crete and will provide, in the form of olive oil, one of the main staples of Mediterranean trade
Sumer develops as the first centre of Mesopotamian civilization
The llama and the alpaca, two south American members of the camel family, are domesticated
The sculptors of the Cyclades produce stylized and formal figures, mainly female, in white marble
Slavery arrives as part of the package of civlization, along with armies, public works and social hierarchies
Complex societies, with sophisticated temple architecture, develop at sites such as Aspero and Caral in the Norte Chico region of Peru
At Huaca Prieta, the earliest known farming community in South America, squash, gourds and chili are cultivated
The delicate seals of the Indus civilization are in a script as yet undeciphered
Yarns of spun cotton survive at Mohenjo-daro, one of the two great cities of the Indus civilization
Harappa becomes one of the main cities of the Indus civilization
It is not known when cats are first domesticated, but from the start of Egyptian civilization they are sacred animals in temples
Knossos, and other such palaces, are built for dynasties in Minoan Crete
The water buffalo, domesticated somewhere in southeast Asia, features on the seals of the Indus civilization
Medicine men in Peru practise trephination, cuttting holes in the skulls of brave or foolhardy patients
Rice is by now grown in the Indus Valley civilization, in the region of Lothal in modern Pakistan, and in parts of China and Korea
The elephant is tamed in the Indus civilization
A bull-fighting fresco in the palace of Knossos is linked with the island's cult of the bull
The eruption of a volcano, on the island of Thera, entombs and preserves houses with frescoes in the Minoan city of Akrotiri
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
Texts written at Mycenae, in the script known as Linear B, are the earliest surviving version of Greek
The massive architecture of Mycenaean cities such as Tiryns is said in Greek legend to have been built by one-eyed giants, the Cyclopes
The so-called Treasury of Atreus, at Mycenae, is the most spectacular of the beehive tombs of this period
Mycenae prevails as the dominant power throughout the Peloponnese and the entire Aegean
The earliest known suit of armour, made of bronze, survives from a tomb in Mycenaean Greece
Not for the first time, the city of Troy is destroyed - on this occasion probably by Mycenaean Greeks
