Humanity’s first monarch, perhaps Dumuzid, comes to power in Sumeria
Sumeria was the first civilization, created the first writing system, and had the first monarch.
27th Century B.C.E.
Maya culture emerges in the Yucatan
The Maya Long Count Calendarย gives a Maya creation date of 11 August, 3114 BC, and traces of Maya habitation at Cuello, in Belize, were recently carbon dated to around 2600 BC.
The Old Kingdom of Egypt begins
Theย Old Kingdom, inย ancient Egyptianย history, is the period in the third millenniumย (c. 2686ยย2181 BC) also known as the ‘Age of theย Pyramids’ or ‘Age of theย Pyramid Builders’.