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	The difference between the Millennium and year 2000
		The reason why the 3rd Millennium / 21st Century starts in 2001 is because there was no year 0 (or AD 0, 0 BC).
		Because one Millennium is 1000 years, the first Millennium ends with year 1000.
		The 21st Century and the 3rd Millennium by the U.S. Naval Observatory
	www.timeanddate.com /counters/mil2000.html (378 words)

	Pre-ceramic Origins of Andean Civilization
		millennium BC this evolving coastal pattern produced large settlements of residential architecture clustered around large stone-cored platform mounds (later mud-brick was used) on whose summits stood the architecture of religious and administrative control.
		millennium their approaches were elaborated to include circular or rectangular sunken courts as part of a processional and ceremonial way that may have symbolized the cosmological (solar) pathway from earth to heaven or the life cycle with its attendant ritual cycle.
		millennium BC there was a transition to intensive agriculture in the coastal valleys and a move of the largest settlements away from the coast to inland coastal valley sites more conducive to irrigation agriculture.
	www.unm.edu /~gbawden/324-Preceramic/324-Preceramic.htm (953 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 3rd millennium AD
		September 11, 2001 attacks are one of the few events of the progressing 3rd Millenium that have had significant and polarizing effects on international affairs and relations.
		The third millennium AD is a period of time which began on January 1, 2001 and will end on December 31, 3000.
		There was also a third millennium BC, which began (by the modern calendar) on January 1, 3000 BC and ended on December 31, 2001 BC.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/3rd-millennium-AD (391 words)

	Sumer - MSN Encarta
		2525-2500 bc), was extended from the Zagros to the Taurus mountains and from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
		2370-2347 bc), the governor of the neighbouring city-state of Umma.
		Before the early 2nd millennium bc the Amorites, Semitic nomads from the desert to the west of Sumer and Akkad, invaded the kingdom.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576369/Sumer.html (1373 words)

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		The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age.
		In this millennium, larger empires succeeded the last, and conquerors grew in stature until the great Sargon of Akkad pushed his empire to the whole of Mesopotamia and beyond.
		In the Near East and the Occident during the 3rd millennium BC, limits were being pushed by architects and rulers.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=3rd_millennium_BC (1035 words)

	Agriculture - MSN Encarta
		According to carbon dating, wheat and barley were domesticated in the Middle East in the 8th millennium bc; millet and rice in China and south-eastern Asia by 5500 bc; and squash in Mexico by about 8000 bc.
		In Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium bc a funnel-like device was attached to the plough to aid in planting seeds, and other early forms of drills were used in China.
		In the 1st millennium bc, after the city was established, however, agriculture started a capitalistic development that reached a peak in the Christian era.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761572257_2/Agriculture.html (1660 words)

	18th century BC
		(3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC)
		1787 - 1784 BC -- Amorite[?] conquests of Uruk and Isin[?]
		1750 BC -- Hyksos occupation of Northern Egypt
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/17/1780s_BC.html (68 words)

	Sumer - MSN Encarta
		During the 5th millennium bc a people known as the Ubaidians established settlements in the region known later as Sumer; these settlements gradually developed into the chief Sumerian cities, namely Adab, Eridu, Isin, Kish, Kullab, Lagash, Larsa, Nippur, and Ur.
		Sometime before the 25th century bc the Sumerian Empire, under the leadership of Lugalanemundu of Adab (flourished about 2525-2500 bc), was extended from the Zagros to the Taurus mountains and from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
		Before the beginning of the 2nd millennium bc the Amorites, Semitic nomads from the desert to the west of Sumer and Akkad, invaded the kingdom.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576369/Sumer.html (1539 words)

	(12) Early civilizations and the development of writing systems in the world.
		After the 3rd millennium BC it took a conventional form of linear cuneiform drawings and was written from left to right.
		Babylonia was one of the kingdoms of Mesopotamia situated in the south of it and its main town was Babylon.
		After 700 BC the Aramaic language, which was a Northern central Semitic language, began to replace the Akkadian language, and thus, it completely died out by 1st century AD.
	www.encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org /articles/12_early_civilizations.htm (1853 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Millennium (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In all, 24 levels and sublevels were unearthed; they date from the 5th millennium BC to the 2d millennium BC The levels are numbered...
		From the 3rd millennium, it was a centre of worship of the Sumerian sun-god Shamash.
		Millennium and Leukosite Agree To Merge To Accelerate Millennium's Move Toward Commercialization.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Millennium&StartAt=41 (713 words)

	Mesopotamian protohistory
		At the turn of the 4th to 3rd millennium BC, the long span of prehistory is over, and the threshold of the historical era is gained, captured by the existence of writing.
		The most important development in the course of the 4th millennium BC was the birth of the city.
		If this is taken to be the transition from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC, it must be remembered that this applies only to part of Mesopotamia: the south, the Diyala region, Susiana (with a later script of its own invented locally), and the district of the middle Euphrates, as well as Iran.
	www.angelfire.com /nt/Gilgamesh/proto.html (970 words)

	Palestine
		During the 3rd millennium BC they became urbanized and lived in city- states, one of which was Jericho.
		Egyptian hegemony and Canaanite autonomy were constantly challenged during the 2nd millennium BC by such ethnically diverse invaders as the Amorites, Hittites, and Hurrians.
		Israel fell to Assyria in 722 and 721 BC, and Judah was conquered in 586 BC by Babylonia, which destroyed Jerusalem and exiled most of the Jews living there.
	members.tripod.com /~PSC_McGill/Palestine.html (2308 words)

	20th century BC - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		2000 BC - 1000 BC; Shang dynasty in China, Olmec civilization (Mesoamerica).
		1962 BC - 1895 BC: "Hippopotamus", from the tomb of Senbi (governor) (Tomb B.3) at Meir was made.
		1928 BC - 1895 BC: "Harvest scene", tempera fascimile by Nina de Garis Davies of wall painting in the tomb of Khnumhotep, Beni Hasan.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/1950_BC (247 words)

	: 3rd millennium BC - 2nd millennium BCThe 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. - EXPLORE INDIA - ...
		In this millennium, larger empires succeeded the last, and conquerors grew in stature until the great Sargon of Akkad pushed his empire to the whole of Mesopotamia and beyond.
		In the Near East and the Occident during the 3rd millennium BC, limits were being pushed by architects and rulers.
		Mid- to late 3rd millennium, Hellenic immigration to the Greek mainland.
	www.indias.com /wiki-3rd_millennium_BC (0 words)

	2nd Bc Millennium
		The first well-known literate civilization in Europe was that of the 2nd millennium BC and parts of Greece, starting at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC Around 400 BC, the La Tene culture spread over most of the Minoans of the island of Crete and later the Myceneans in the 6th...
		The first well-known literate civilization in Europe was that of the Minoans of the 2nd millennium BC in Bulgaria, Roumania and Greece.
		The earliest appearance of anatomically modern people in Europe was that of the 2nd millennium BC in Bulgaria, Roumania and Greece.
	1895.mavgeo.com /2ndbcmillennium.html (710 words)

	Early history - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Circa 2700 BC Earth is visited by aliens who settle in the region near Greece and the Mediterranean, where they are worshipped by the Greeks as gods.
		Circa 500 BC The Bajoran prophet Trakor first encounters the Orb of Prophecy and Change, and writes a series of prophecies concerning the Emissary of the Prophets.
		480 BC The Battle of Thermopylae is fought on Earth between the Spartans and the Persians.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Early_History (2032 words)

	Elephantine
		Already during the 1st millennium BC the concentration of the settlement gradually shifted to the settlement of Syene on the mainland and the town began to take on the character of a temple town.
		The settlement-mound was deserted during the 13th/14th century BC in favour of a settlement near the shore of the island.
		The current excavations focus on the palace and the area bordering the city to the south-east which date to the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC, the Late-Roman settlement near the temple of Khnum and the temple terraces and bank reinforcements near the harbour of the town.
	www.dainst.org /index_56_en.html (744 words)

	The Hurrians
		The earliest recorded presence of Hurrian personal and place names is in Mesopotamian records of the late 3rd millennium; these point to the area east of the Tigris River and the mountain region of Zagros as the Hurrian habitat.
		In the 15th century BC the Hurrian area ranging from the Iranian mountains to Syria was united into a state called Mitanni.
		In the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC, Hurrians were already present in the Mardin region, which, from a geographical point of view, belongs to the North Mesopotamian plain.
	history-world.org /hurrians.htm (1032 words)

	Cuneiform (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Cuneiform was employed for writing a number of languages from about the end of the 4th millennium BC until about the 1st century BC.
		In the 2nd millennium cuneiform became the universal medium of written communication among the nations of the Middle East.
		BC By this time Aramaic was becoming the common language of the area, and Phoenician script came into general use.
	iraq.iraq.ir /history/cuneiform_writing.htm (378 words)

	31 Architectural Wonders of the Ancient World
		The Riddle of the Sphinx 3rd millennium BC
		The impressive and ornate Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem housed the Ark of the Covenant.
		Knossos: The Labyrinth and the Minotaur 2000 to 1400 BC
	www.amazeingart.com /seven-wonders/maze-book-summary.html (1534 words)

	Art and Exhibition Hall - Exhibitions - The Hittites
		In the 3rd millennium BC Anatolia was populated by the Hatti, the first inhabitants.
		They were joined by the Hittites, speakers of an Indo-European language who towards the end of the 3rd millennium and the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC migrated to the region and mingled with the Hatti.
		Amid further nomadic influences and influxes, there crystallized in the middle of the 2nd millennium BC the empire of the Hittites, incorporating large parts of Anatolia and at times the northern half of modern-day Syria.
	www.kah-bonn.de /ausstellungen/hethiter/index_e.htm (719 words)

	Mace Page 1
		Stone age maces were made as early as 8000 BC in some areas of the Near East but continued to be made much later.
		In Britain and the Baltics stone maces were being made by the neolithic cultures of the 2nd millennium BC.
		The earliest of the historic era maces are the disc maces of pre-Dynastic Egypt, Naqada I period circa 3900-3600 BC.
	otlichnik.tripod.com /medmace.html (1797 words)

	Early history - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Circa 4000 BC Unknown aliens take or abduct several Humans from Earth to be eugenically bred on a distant planet, lest humanity destroy itsself in its early technological age.
		Circa 2700 BC Earth is visited by aliens who settle in the region near Greece and the Mediterranean, where they are worshipped by the Greeks as gods.
		480 BC The Battle of Thermopylae is fought on Earth between the Spartans and the Persians.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Early_History (2328 words)

	CalendarHome.com - 23rd century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia
		2285 BC - Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
		2250 BC - Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, died.
		2217 - 2193 BC - Nomadic invasions of Akkad.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /23rd_century_BC.htm (182 words)

	H104-Early Frits & Glazes - Ceramic History Tutorials for Potters and Clay Artists
		Made about 1200 BC The technique is the same as the Cretan figurine; a composite piece made from press moulded shapes of brown, fl and white coloured frit paste.
		It was found at Kition in Cyprus and is dated to the 13th century BC The yellow and red frit glazes are contained between lines or furrows painted fl with manganese paint or slip to strengthen the animal shapes.
		The situation however was changing; by 300 BC many middle eastern potters knew that the idea of a brushable, pourable glaze was a possibility even if it was a problem to find the correct ingredients and a struggle to perfect it.
	www.ceramicstudies.me.uk /histx104.html (5564 words)

	Cuneiform tablets from Mesopotamia
		From Uruk, southern Iraq, period of the Amorite dynasties, reign of Sin-Kashid 1865-1833 BC (cat.
		Lump of clay used for sealing (bull) in the form of a walnut with a hole, that was used for blocking the drawstring of a container for cuneiform tablets.
		The Poem of Erra is a Babylonian composition of the 8th century BC, attributed to the scribe Kabti-ilani-Marduk (765-763 BC), but the copy in question is more recent by at least a century and a half.
	mv.vatican.va /3_EN/pages/x-Schede/MEZs/MEZs_Sala08_01_030.html (362 words)

	PHOENICIAN ARTS - Mosaics, wall murals, decorative tiles, marble mosaic
		The polychrome pebble mosaics of about 300 BC at Pella in Macedonia are excellent examples of the use of subtle variations of color in water-polished stones to create beautiful figural compositions, often of light figures against a dark background, with outlines in either lead or ceramic strips.
		Before the end of the 3rd century BC, pebbles were in large part replaced with tesserae cut from stone and sometimes from glass.
		Polychrome scenes of the late 2nd and early 1st centuries BC are among the earliest mosaics at Pompeii.
	www.phoenicianarts.com /history.asp (1512 words)

	Metsamor \| Armenian History \|Armenia Travel \| TourArmenia \| Travel Guide to Armenia
		Metsamor (4th-3rd millennium BC) and it use in the study of the cosmos.
		3000 BC it was possible to observe the brightest star in the Northern sky, Sirius.
		Among these are several small carved stones, including one with the design of a swastika on one side and another with the head of a dog carved on the back side (th example at left is carved with a human deity).
	www.tacentral.com /history/metsamor2.htm (2195 words)

	Events That Took Place During the Alleged Worldwide Flood As Told In Genesis 6-9 - EvoWiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age.
		In this millennium, larger empires succeeded the last, and conquerors grew in stature until the great Sargon of Akkad pushed his empire to the whole of Mesopotamia and beyond.
		In the Near East and the Occident during the 3rd millennium BC, limits were being pushed by architects and rulers.
	wiki.cotch.net /index.php/Events_That_Took_Place_During_the_Alleged_Worldwide_Flood_As_Told_In_Genesis_6-9 (726 words)

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