The cuneiform tablet from the 6th century BC shows an aerial view map of Mesopotamia — roughly modern-day Iraq — and what the ...

Researchers have now decoded a Babylonian tablet, which is thought to be the oldest map of the world. It was created ... that ...

3000 BC: Maeshowe chambered tomb is built on Orkney. 3000 BC: Alleged date of origin of the Fortingall Yew, probably the world's oldest living thing. 3000 BC: Occupation of what may be the first ...

Many cultures around the world, including the Harappans ... As per astronomers, the moon was closest to these nakshatra around 3000 bc. This indicates that the Harappans introduced the immigrant ...

Ancient civilizations in places like the Indus Valley and Babylonia roughly 3000 BC are credited with laying the groundwork for geometry. Geometry first appeared in the ancient world as a set of rules ...

By 3000 BC, a group of city-states had been established ... making it the first language in the history of the world. The Sumerians are also credited with numerous other inventions including ...

The chart below, one of a number of excellent long-term charts put together by @Macro_Tourist, shows interest rates going back to 3000 BC. More charts can be found here.