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Event archaeological Middle East

Memphis

3100 BCE – 332 BCE

First capital of unified Egypt and administrative center for over eight dynasties, near the great pyramid fields.

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Standing in 3100 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Ur Polity · Middle East 3799 BCE – 499 BCE Unification of Egypt Conflict · Middle East 3100 BCE – 2950 BCE Quebrada de Humahuaca Landmark · Americas 9000 BCE – still standing Kuk Early Agricultural Site Landmark · Oceania 8000 BCE – still standing Budj Bim Cultural Landscape Landmark · Oceania 6600 BCE – still standing Minoan Polity · Europe 3299 BCE – 1099 BCE

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

3180 BCE Skara Brae 3100 BCE Unification of Egypt 3100 BCE Early Sumerian City-State Wars