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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

( 4th Millennium BC - 3rd Millennium BC - 2nd Millennium BC )

EVENTS

2900 - 2334 BC – Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.

2600 BC – The Harappan Civilization rises to become a powerful civilization.

2550 BC – Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid Of Giza .

2500 BC – The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di (approximate date).

2500 BC – the construction of the Stone Circle at Stonehenge begins and continues for the next five hundred years.

SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE

Pharaoh Khufu (aka Cheops ) of Egypt 's Fourth Dynasty ruled from around 2589 to 2566 BC .

INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES, INTRODUCTIONS

2575 BC – A Foot defined as 26.45 Cm by Sumeria n ruler Gudea of Lagash .

Rock Drawings at Rødøy in Norway show the Use Of Skis .

Bactrian Camel and Dromedary are domesticated