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{{Short description|One hundred years, from 3500 BC to 3401 BC}}
{{One source|date=August 2020}}
{{Centurybox|-35}}
The '''35th century BC''' in the [[Ancient Near East|Near East]] sees the gradual transition from the [[Chalcolithic]] to the [[Early Bronze Age]]. [[Proto-writing]] enters transitional stage, developing towards [[writing]] proper. [[Wheel]]ed vehicles are now known beyond [[Mesopotamia]], having spread north of the [[Caucasus]] and to [[Europe]].

==Cultures==
[[File:Gebelein predynastic mummy British Museum EA 32751.jpg|thumb|alt=EA 32751|The head of EA&nbsp;32751 ("Ginger") showing the preserved hair. Photo taken in 2011.]]
* [[Susa]] ([[Iran]] since 7000 BC)
* [[Uruk period]] ([[Sumer]])
* [[Naqada culture|Naqada]] IIb ([[Ancient Egypt]])
* [[Early Minoan I]]
* [[Sredny Stog culture]] (final phase)
* [[Yamna culture]] (early phase)
* [[Cucuteni culture]]
* [[Vinča culture]]
* [[Megalith#European_megaliths|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 [[savanna]]h, through [[desertification]].
*c. 3500 BC: First known zoo at [[Hierakonpolis]].<ref>World's First Zoo - Hierakonpolis, Egypt, ''Archaeology Magazine'', http://www.archaeology.org/1001/topten/egypt.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712005902/http://www.archaeology.org/1001/topten/egypt.html|date=2010-07-12}}</ref>
*c. [[3400 BC]]: [[Sumer]]ian 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 ({{proper name|Duma na nGiall}}) is built on the [[Hill of Tara]], the ancient seat of the High King of [[Ireland]].<ref>Memory and Monuments at the Hill of Tara by Erin McDonald, Chronika Journal</ref>
*c. 3500 BC: [[Tin]] is discovered.
*c. 3500 BC: The Eruption of [[Mount Isarog]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Global Volcanism Program {{!}} Isarog|url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=273042|access-date=2021-01-22|website=Smithsonian Institution {{!}} Global Volcanism Program|language=en}}</ref>
*c. 3500 BC: The [[Sumerians]] develop a [[logographic script]], [[Cuneiform#Sumerian pictographs (circa 3300 BC)|cuneiform]]
*c. 3484 BC: The oldest estimated germination of [[Alerce Milenario]] with more conservative dates of only ‘c.[[1653 BC]]’.<ref>{{Cite web |last=POPKIN |first=GABRIEL |date=2022-05-20 |title=Is the world's oldest tree growing in a ravine in Chile? |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/world-s-oldest-tree-growing-ravine-chile |website=www.science.org}}</ref>

==Sovereign states==
{{Main|List of sovereign states in the 35th century BC}}

==References==
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{{Decades and years}} 
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[[Category:4th millennium BC|-5]]
[[Category:Centuries|-65]]


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