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| c. 3000 BC |
| | | The people known as Phoenicians are in the region of modern Lebanon from around this date | |
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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. 3000 BC |
| | | The language of a single tribe in eastern Europe, as recently as 3000 BC, is the ancestor of all modern Indo-European languages | |
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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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| c. 3000 BC |
| | | The earliest known currency, consisting of gold bars, is in use in Egypt and Mespotamia | |
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| c. 3000 BC |
| | | The world's earliest known board game, senet, is played in Egypt | |
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| c. 2850 BC |
| | | The Chinese discover that the cocoon of a certain worm can be unwound, spun as thread and then woven - thus creating silk | |
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| c. 2800 BC |
| | | Objects are cast in bronze, at Ur in Mesopotamia - introducing what is later called the Bronze Age | |
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| c. 2800 BC |
| | | The harp and the lyre are in use as musical instruments in Mesopotamia | |
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| c. 2800 BC |
| | | Byblos (modern Jbeil) evolves to become the most important seaport and city of Phoenicia | |
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