35th century BC

The 35th century BC in the Near East sees the gradual transition from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age. Proto-writing enters transitional stage, developing towards writing proper. Wheeled vehicles are now known beyond Mesopotamia, having spread north of the Caucasus and to Europe.

Cultures

 * Susa (Iran since 7000 BC)
 * Uruk period (Sumer)
 * Naqada IIb (Ancient Egypt)
 * Early Minoan I
 * Sredny Stog culture (final phase)
 * Yamna culture (early phase)
 * Cucuteni culture
 * Vinča culture
 * Megalithic Europe (Atlantic fringe)
 * Nuragic civilization (Sardinia)
 * Comb Ceramic culture
 * Funnelbeaker culture
 * Yangshao culture

Artifacts
Only approximate dating is usually possible for mid-4th millennium artifacts.
 * Kish tablet
 * Bronocice pot
 * Ginger (mummy)
 * Knap of Howar

Events

 * The Sahara desert starts to form from semi-arid savannah, through desertification.
 * c. 3500 BC: First known zoo at Hierakonpolis.
 * c. 3400 BC: Sumerian temple record keepers redesign the stamp seal in the form of a cylinder.
 * c. 3500 BC: Pictographic proto-writing starts developing towards writing proper in Sumer, thus starting what is technically considered history.
 * c. 3500 BC: The first monument of which there is still a trace is built on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland.
 * c. 3500 BC: Tin is discovered.
 * c. 3500 BC: The Eruption of Mount Isarog in the Philippines.
 * c. 3500 BC: The Sumerians develop a logographic script, cuneiform
 * c. 3484 BC: The oldest estimated germination of Alerce Milenario with more conservative dates of only ‘c.1653 BC’.