Timeline (Grand Union)

This is the abridged timeline page for the Grand Union beginning from Pharaoh Hor-Aha's birth into the present day. Each century however holds a more in depth description of the events that occurred specifically in the timeframe. The timeline covers everything from wars, scientific breakthroughs, industrial expansions, to important births that changed the course of time. If you want to learn more details about each century, click on the links in the headings.

32nd Century BCE

 * 3200 BCE: King Iry-Hor reigns from Abydos over most of Egypt.
 * 3200-3150 BCE: Reign of King Ka in Egypt.
 * 3127 BCE: King Narmer is born in Egypt
 * 3112-3102 BCE: Upper and Lower Egyptian Unification War
 * 3102 BCE: King Narmer unites the Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, marking the beginning of the Egyptian Empire
 * 3102 BC: The beginning of Kali Yuga.

31st Century BCE

 * 3100 BCE: Pharaoh Hor-Aha is born
 * 3100 BCE: The earliest phase of Stonehenge construction begins
 * 3100 BCE: Humans develop their first writing system, cuneiform script
 * 3100 BCE: Copper begins to implemented into tools and weaponry
 * 3100 BCE: Drainage and sewage system in the Indus Valley
 * 3100 BCE: Dams, canals, stone sculptures using inclined plane and lever in Sumer and the Tigris-Euphrates Valley. Then eventually in the Nile
 * 3100 BCE: Senet is one of the oldest known board games in the world.
 * 3073 BCE: Hor-Aha's heir Djer is born
 * 3070 BCE: Pharaoh Narmer dies, Hor-Aha then ascends the throne
 * 3068 BCE: Pharaoh Hor-Aha declares war on the Nubian tribes to the west of the Egyptian Kingdom, killing their leader Ta-Sety, the tribe then escapes west.
 * 3044 BCE: Djer's daughter Mernith is born
 * 3043 BCE: First son of Djer, Pharaoh Djet is born
 * 3037 BCE: Pharaoh Hor-Aha dies, his son Djer claims the throne

30th Century BCE

 * 3000 BCE: Image of a deity, detail from a cong recovered from a tomb; Fanshan, Yuyao, Zhejiang, is made. Neolithic period. Liangzhu culture.
 * 3000 BCE: Early agriculture in North Africa.
 * 3000–2600 BCE: Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley
 * 3000 BCE: Caral, the first city in the Suyo, starts to be built.
 * 3000 BCE: Troy is founded.
 * 3000 BCE: There is an intense phase of burial at Duma na nGiall on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland.
 * 3000 BCE: Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.
 * 3000-2000 BCE: World population about 30 million.
 * 3000 BCE: Epidamnos civilization starts.
 * 3000 BCE: Cycladic civilization in the Aegean Sea starts
 * 3000 BCE: Minoan civilization starts.
 * 3000 BCE: Helladic period starts.
 * 3000 BCE: Norte Chico civilization in Northern Peru starts.
 * 3000 BCE: The Angono Petroglyphs are carved in the Philippines.
 * 3000 BCE: Aegean Bronze Age starts.
 * 3000-2000 BCE: Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in the Americas (in Ecuador).
 * 3000 BCE: Sumerians establish cities.
 * 3000 BCE: Sumerians start to work in various metals.
 * 3000 BCE: Knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern grains appears in Ancient China.
 * 3000-2000 BCE: Settled villages are widespread in Mesoamerica.
 * 3000 BCE: The shekel was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit
 * 2999 BCE: Future Pharaoh Den is born, he is actually the son of Djet and his consort Ahaneith
 * 2996 BCE: Pharaoh Djer dies, his son Djet takes the throne
 * 2969 BCE: Pharaoh Djet dies, his wife Merenith takes the throne
 * 2965 BCE: Future Pharaoh Anedjib is born
 * 2959 BCE: Pharaoh Mernith dies, and her son Den takes the throne
 * 2922 BCE: Pharaoh Den dies, Anedjib takes the throne
 * 2918 BCE: Future Pharaoh Semerkhet is born

29th Century BCE

 * 2900 BC: Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Sumer.
 * 2900-2400 BCE: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
 * 2900-2334 BCE: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
 * 2900–2600 BCE: Votive statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) were made.
 * 2897 BCE: Hùng Vương established the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Văn Lang)
 * 2884 BCE: Qa'a son of Semerkhet is born
 * 2879 BCE: Anedjib dies, Semerkhet takes the throne
 * 2874 BCE: The 365-day calendar year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.[1]
 * 2852 BCE: The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.
 * 2845 BCE: Semerkhet dies of a heart attack in the middle of the day. His son Qa'a takes the throne
 * 2841 BCE: Hotepsekhemwy is born, he is the first child born after his father is crowned Pharaoh
 * 2814 BCE: Qa'a is killed by Hotepsekhemwy, he takes the throne, Hotepsekhemwy subsequently starts the 2nd Dynasty Era of Egypt
 * 2810 BCE: Raneb the future Pharaoh is born

28th Century BCE

 * 2784 BCE: Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy dies, his son Raneb takes the throne
 * 2770 BCE: Future Pharaoh Nynetjer is born, the first son of the new Second Dynasty
 * 2750 BCE: End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.
 * 2750 BCE: Estimated ending of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the region of modern-day Romania, Moldova, and southwestern Ukraine
 * 2737 BCE: Invention of tea as a beverage by Shennong, according to a Chinese legend.
 * 2731 BCE: Raneb dies, Nynetjer takes the throne
 * 2730 BCE: Wadjenes is born
 * 2726 BCE: Wenes is born

27th Century BCE

 * 2697 BCE: The Yellow Emperor starts to reign in China.
 * 2695 BCE: Nynetjer dies, his first born Wadjenes is crowned Pharaoh and King of Lower Egypt, Weneg is crowned King of Upper Egypt
 * 2688 BCE: Weneg declares war on Lower Egypt and Wadjenes
 * 2683 BCE: Weneg is killed in battle, Wadjenes reunites Egypt
 * 2682 BCE: Senedj is born
 * 2669 BCE: Wadjenes dies, Senedj takes the throne
 * 2640 BCE: The cultivation and weaving of silk starts to be a closely guarded secret in China
 * 2630-2611 BCE: Construction the Pyramid of Djoser is dedicated to the first United Pharaoh of Egypt, Narmer
 * 2627-2000 BCE: Construction of the Caral metropolis in Inca
 * 2613-2494 BCE: The Great Sphinx at Giza is built
 * 2601-2515 BCE: Great Pyramids at Giza are built and dedicated to Hor-Aha, Djer, Merenith, and Djet
 * 2600 BCE: Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins

26th Century BCE

 * 2600-2500 BCE: Wild horses still provide hunting feasts in Danemark.
 * 2598 BCE: Senedj dies

13th Century BCE

 * 1300 BCE: The First Cogotas Empire declare war upon the Aster-Cantabrian Kingdom

4th Century BCE

 * 356 BCE: Alexander III is born

3rd Century BCE

 * 210 BCE: Moquihuix, the Tenochtitlan heir is born

1st Century CE

 * 50 CE: Maori peoples land on the continent of Aoteroa