32nd century BC: Encyclopedia - 32nd century BC

32nd century BC

(33rd century BC - 32nd century BC - 31st century BC - other centuries)

(5th millennium BC - 4th millennium BC - 3rd millennium BC)

32nd century BC - Events

• Ancient Egypt: Earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphs, beginning of the Early Dynastic Period.
• 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.

32nd century BC - Significant persons

• Narmer, successor of Serket and founder of the First dynasty of Ancient Egypt.

32nd century BC - Inventions discoveries introductions

• 3114 BC — Starting date of current Long Count in the Maya calendar
• 3102 BC — Year 0 of the Kali Yuga begins 18 February.
• c. 3100 BC the earliest phase of Stonehenge construction begins.

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