32nd century BC

Millennium:	4th millennium BC
Centuries:	33rd century BC - 32nd century BC - 31st century BC
Decades:	3190s BC 3180s BC 3170s BC 3160s BC 3150s BC 3140s BC 3130s BC 3120s BC 3110s BC 3100s BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths Establishments - Disestablishments

Events

Excavated dwellings at Skara Brae, Europe's most complete Neolithic village.

Varna Necropolis: what have been claimed to be the earliest-known worked gold artifacts are manufactured.
Malta: Construction of the Ħaġar Qim megalithic temples, featuring both solar and lunar alignments. "Tarxien period" of megalithic temple construction reaches its apex.
c. 3150 BC — Narmer (First Dynasty) started to rule in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt: Earliest known Egyptian hieroglyphs, beginning of the Early Dynastic Period.
c. 3125 BC — Narmer died.
Crete: Rise of Minoan civilization.
Neolithic settlement built at Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. (pictured)
New Stone Age people in Ireland build the 250,000 ton (226,796.2 tonne) Newgrange solar oriented passage tomb.

Significant persons

Enoch, son of Jared, (3138 BC–2873 BC?) according to the Hebrew Calendar
Narmer, successor of King Scorpion and founder of the First dynasty of Ancient Egypt

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

3114 BC — According to the most widely-accepted correlations between the Western calendar and the calendar systems of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, the mythical starting point of the current Mesoamerican Long Count calendar cycle occurs in this year.^[1] The Long Count calendar, used and refined most notably by the Maya civilization but also attested in some other (earlier) Mesoamerican cultures, consisted of a series of interlocked cycles or periods of day-counts, which mapped out a linear sequence of days from a notional starting point. The system originated sometime in the Mid– to Late Preclassic period of Mesoamerican chronology, during the latter half of the 1st millennium BC.^[2] The starting point of the most commonly used highest-order cycle^[3] —the b'ak'tun-cycle consisting of thirteen b'ak'tuns of 144,000 days each— was projected back to an earlier, mythical date. This date is equivalent to 11 August 3114 BC in the proleptic Gregorian calendar (or 6 September in the proleptic Julian calendar), using the correlation known as the "Goodman-Martinéz-Thompson (GMT) correlation". The GMT-correlation is worked out with the Long Count starting date equivalent to the Julian Day Number (JDN) equal to 584283, and is accepted by most Mayanist scholars as providing the best fit with the ethnohistorical data.^[4] Two succeeding dates, the 12th and 13th of August (Gregorian) have also been supported, with the 13th (JDN = 584285, the "astronomical" or "Lounsbury" correlation) attracting significant support as according better with astronomical observational data.^[5] Although it is still contended which of these three dates forms the actual starting base of the Long Count, the correlation to one of this triad of dates is definitively accepted by almost all contemporary Mayanists. All other earlier or later correlation proposals are now discounted.^[6]
3102 BC — Year 0 of the Kali Yuga begins.
c. 3100 BC the earliest phase of Stonehenge construction begins.

Decades and Years

Decades and Years

32nd century BC
34th century BC←33rd century BC← ↔ →31st century BC→30th century BC

3200s BC	3209 BC	3208 BC	3207 BC	3206 BC	3205 BC	3204 BC	3203 BC	3202 BC	3201 BC	3200 BC
3190s BC	3199 BC	3198 BC	3197 BC	3196 BC	3195 BC	3194 BC	3193 BC	3192 BC	3191 BC	3190 BC
3180s BC	3189 BC	3188 BC	3187 BC	3186 BC	3185 BC	3184 BC	3183 BC	3182 BC	3181 BC	3180 BC
3170s BC	3179 BC	3178 BC	3177 BC	3176 BC	3175 BC	3174 BC	3173 BC	3172 BC	3171 BC	3170 BC
3160s BC	3169 BC	3168 BC	3167 BC	3166 BC	3165 BC	3164 BC	3163 BC	3162 BC	3161 BC	3160 BC
3150s BC	3159 BC	3158 BC	3157 BC	3156 BC	3155 BC	3154 BC	3153 BC	3152 BC	3151 BC	3150 BC
3140s BC	3149 BC	3148 BC	3147 BC	3146 BC	3145 BC	3144 BC	3143 BC	3142 BC	3141 BC	3140 BC
3130s BC	3139 BC	3138 BC	3137 BC	3136 BC	3135 BC	3134 BC	3133 BC	3132 BC	3131 BC	3130 BC
3120s BC	3129 BC	3128 BC	3127 BC	3126 BC	3125 BC	3124 BC	3123 BC	3122 BC	3121 BC	3120 BC
3110s BC	3119 BC	3118 BC	3117 BC	3116 BC	3115 BC	3114 BC	3113 BC	3112 BC	3111 BC	3110 BC
3100s BC	3109 BC	3108 BC	3107 BC	3106 BC	3105 BC	3104 BC	3103 BC	3102 BC	3101 BC	3100 BC
3090s BC	3099 BC	3098 BC	3097 BC	3096 BC	3095 BC	3094 BC	3093 BC	3092 BC	3091 BC	3090 BC

Centuries and Millennia

Millennium	Century
Before Christ / Before Common Era (BC/BCE)
4th:	40th	39th	38th	37th	36th	35th	34th	33rd	32nd	31st
3rd:	30th	29th	28th	27th	26th	25th	24th	23rd	22nd	21st
2nd:	20th	19th	18th	17th	16th	15th	14th	13th	12th	11th
1st:	10th	9th	8th	7th	6th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st
Anno Domini / Common Era (AD/CE)
1st:	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
2nd:	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
3rd:	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th
4th:	31st

Notes

^ See Finley (2002), Houston (1989, pp.49–51), Miller and Taube (1993, pp.50–52), Schele and Freidel (1990, pp.430 et seq.), Voss (2006, p.138), Wagner (2006, pp.281–283). Note that Houston 1989 mistakenly writes "3113 BC" (when "-3113" is meant), and Miller and Taube 1993's mention of "2 August" is a (presumed) erratum.
^ Miller and Taube (1993, p.50), Schele and Freidel (1990)
^ Most commonly used in the Classic period Maya inscriptions; some other Maya calendar inscriptions of this period note even longer cycles, while later Postclassic-era inscriptions in Maya cities of northern Yucatán generally used an abbreviated form known as the Short Count. See Miller and Taube (1993, p.50); Voss (2006, p.138).
^ See survey by Finley (2002).
^ After a modified proposal championed by Floyd Lounsbury; sources which have used this 584285 correlation include Houston (1989, p.51), and in particular Schele and Freidel (1990, pp.430 et seq.). See also commentary by Finley (2002), who although making an assessment that the "[584285 correlation] is now more popular with Mayanists", expresses a personal preference for the 584283 correlation.
^ See survey by Finley (2002).

References

Finley, Michael (2002). The Correlation Question. The Real Maya Prophecies: Astronomy in the Inscriptions and Codices. Maya Astronomy. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
Miller, Mary; and Karl Taube (1993). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6.
Schele, Linda; and David Freidel (1990). A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow. ISBN 0-688-07456-1.
Voss, Alexander (2006). "Astronomy and Mathematics", in Nikolai Grube (Ed.): Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest, Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel (assistant eds.), Cologne: Könemann Press, pp.130–143. ISBN 3-8331-1957-8. OCLC 71165439.
Wagner, Elizabeth (2006). "Maya Creation Myths and Cosmography", in Nikolai Grube (ed.): Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest, Eva Eggebrecht and Matthias Seidel (Assistant Eds.), Cologne: Könemann Press, pp.280–293. ISBN 3-8331-1957-8. OCLC 71165439.

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