33rd century BC

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Millennium:	4th millennium BC
Centuries:	34th century BC · 33rd century BC · 32nd century BC
Decades:	3290s BC 3280s BC 3270s BC 3260s BC 3250s BC 3240s BC 3230s BC 3220s BC 3210s BC 3200s BC
Categories:	Births - Deaths Establishments - Disestablishments

The sun shines over Saharan dunes.

Major climate shift possibly due to shift in solar activity. Glaciers expand, covering plants. Atmospheric temperatures fall to lowest levels.
Sahara changes from a habitable region into a barren desert.
Unification of the first Ancient Egyptian state, marking the beginning of the Ancient Egyptian civilization.
Ancient Egypt begins using clay, bone and ivory tags to label boxes. This is possibly the oldest writing in existence.
Indus Valley Civilization (also known as Harappan civilization or Sindu-Sarasvati civilization) began in Harappa.
c. 3300 BC — Pictographs in Uruk.
3300 BC – 3000 BC; Face of a woman, from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad (stolen and recovered 2003).
3300 BC – 3000 BC; Carved vase, called the Uruk Vase, from Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad (stolen 2003 and returned).

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33rd century BC
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