The world in the 29th century BCE

In the 29th century BCE (2900 to 2801 BCE), the timeline shows 7 states, empires and colonies and 118 peoples across 12 regions. The most significant include Minoan civilization, Ebla, Mari, Early Dynastic Egypt and Troy.

Central and Southern Africa

Central African forest foragers c. 3200 BCE to the present
San hunter-gatherers c. 3200 BCE to the present
Khoisan hunter-gatherers c. 3200 BCE to 1100 CE
Pastoral Neolithic herders c. 3000 BCE to 700 CE
East African hunter-gatherers c. 3200 BCE to the present
Lower Congo hunter-gatherers c. 3200 BCE to 500 CE
Great Lakes hunter-gatherers c. 3200 BCE to 500 CE
Pre-settlement Madagascar c. 3200 BCE to 400 CE

North and West Africa

Early Dynastic Egypt c. 3100 to 2686 BCE
Amazigh (Berber) tribes c. 3200 BCE to the present
Cushitic-speaking pastoralists c. 3200 BCE to the present
Middle Nile herders and farmers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Saharan cattle pastoralists c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Tropical forest hunter-gatherers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Ethiopian highland farmers c. 3000 to 980 BCE
Lake Chad fishers and herders c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
A-Group culture c. 3200 to 2900 BCE

Europe

Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE
Yamnaya culture c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Corded Ware culture c. 3000 to 2350 BCE
Narva culture c. 3200 to 1750 BCE
Volosovo culture c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
Early and Middle Helladic Greece c. 3200 to 1600 BCE
Comb Ceramic culture c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Copper Age Italy c. 3200 to 2200 BCE
Cycladic culture c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Neolithic Britain and Ireland c. 3200 to 2500 BCE
Neolithic farmers of Gaul c. 3200 to 2500 BCE
Megalithic farmers of western Iberia c. 3200 to 2500 BCE
Los Millares culture c. 3200 to 2200 BCE
Cotofeni culture c. 3200 to 2500 BCE
Pitted Ware culture c. 3200 to 2300 BCE
Vucedol culture c. 3000 to 2200 BCE
Baden culture c. 3200 to 2800 BCE
Funnelbeaker culture c. 3200 to 2800 BCE

Middle East

Ebla c. 3000 to 1600 BCE
Sumerians c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
Mari c. 2900 to 1761 BCE
Zagros highland peoples c. 3200 to 800 BCE
Arabian pastoral nomads c. 3200 to 900 BCE
South Semitic peoples of Yemen c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Canaanites c. 3200 to 1150 BCE
Troy c. 3000 to 1180 BCE
Helmand culture (Shahr-i Sokhta) c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
Kura-Araxes culture c. 3200 to 2200 BCE
Early Bronze Age Anatolian towns c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Jiroft culture c. 3000 to 2200 BCE
Uruk c. 2900 to 2270 BCE
Hafit culture c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Kish c. 2900 to 2334 BCE
Proto-Elamite period c. 3200 to 2700 BCE
Jemdet Nasr period c. 3100 to 2900 BCE

South Asia

Mehrgarh and Baluchistan farmers c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Early Harappan phase c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Balangoda culture c. 3200 to 900 BCE
Microlithic hunter-gatherers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Neolithic and Chalcolithic farmers of the Ganges c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Early Dravidian-speaking peoples c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Neolithic farmers of Bengal and Assam c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Deccan hunter-gatherers c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Southern Neolithic c. 3000 to 1200 BCE
Ahar-Banas culture c. 3000 to 1500 BCE
Helmand culture c. 3200 to 2000 BCE

Central and North Asia

Afanasievo culture c. 3200 to 2500 BCE
Yamnaya culture (Ural steppe) c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Uralic hunter-fishers of western Siberia c. 3200 BCE to 1000 CE
Baikal hunter-fishers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Early foragers and herders of Mongolia c. 3200 to 1400 BCE
Namazga culture c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Belkachi culture c. 3200 to 2200 BCE
Foragers of Xinjiang c. 3200 to 2500 BCE

East Asia

Jomon culture c. 3200 to 300 BCE
Longshan culture c. 3000 to 1900 BCE
Liangzhu culture c. 3200 to 2300 BCE
Hongshan culture c. 3200 to 2900 BCE
Formosan Austronesian peoples c. 3200 BCE to the present
Neolithic farmers of the Tibetan plateau c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Amur and Ussuri foragers c. 3200 to 1100 BCE
Jeulmun pottery period c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Qujialing and Shijiahe cultures c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Majiayao culture c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Dawenkou culture c. 3200 to 2600 BCE
Xiaoheyan culture c. 3000 to 2200 BCE

Southeast Asia

Philippine Negrito foragers c. 3200 BCE to the present
Pre-Austronesian foragers c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Hoabinhian foragers c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Hoabinhian foragers c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Hoabinhian foragers c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Neolithic cultures of northern Vietnam c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Hoabinhian foragers c. 3200 to 2000 BCE

North America

California Archaic hunter-gatherers c. 3200 BCE to 500 CE
Shield Archaic c. 3200 to 500 BCE
Plains Archaic hunters c. 3200 to 500 BCE
Maritime Archaic c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Eastern Archaic hunter-gatherers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Southwestern Archaic foragers c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Early Pacific period cultures c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
Northern Archaic tradition c. 3200 to 2000 BCE
Watson Brake mounds c. 3200 to 2800 BCE

Mesoamerica and Caribbean

Casimiroid culture c. 3200 to 200 BCE
Ortoiroid culture c. 3200 to 400 BCE
Desert Archaic foragers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Archaic foragers and gardeners of the isthmus c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Archaic maize farmers c. 3200 to 1200 BCE
Archaic peoples of the Maya region c. 3200 to 1200 BCE
Archaic foragers of Oaxaca and the Gulf c. 3200 to 1500 BCE

South America

Caral-Supe (Norte Chico) c. 3000 to 1800 BCE
Chinchorro culture c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Valdivia culture c. 3200 to 1800 BCE
Fuegian canoe peoples (Yaghan, Kawésqar) c. 3200 BCE to the present
Sambaqui shell-mound builders c. 3200 BCE to 1000 CE
Interior Archaic hunter-gatherers c. 3200 to 500 BCE
Pampas and Patagonian Archaic hunters c. 3200 to 500 BCE
Mayo-Chinchipe culture c. 3200 to 500 BCE
Amazonian Archaic foragers c. 3200 to 1000 BCE
Northern Andean Archaic peoples c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Andean Archaic hunters and herders c. 3200 to 1500 BCE
Archaic fishing villages of the Peruvian coast c. 3200 to 1800 BCE

Oceania

Aboriginal Australian peoples c. 3200 BCE to the present
Papuan farmers and foragers c. 3200 BCE to the present
Kuk Swamp agriculture c. 3200 to 500 BCE
Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples c. 3200 BCE to the present
Uninhabited c. 3200 BCE to 1280 CE
Uninhabited c. 3200 BCE to 1000 CE
Uninhabited c. 3200 to 100 BCE