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34th century BC

The 34th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3400 BC to 3301 BC.

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The 34th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3400 BC to 3301 BC.

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Stage IIIa2 of the Naqada culture in Egypt (dated in 1998).
In the early part of Naqada III in Upper Egypt, the ruler, Horus-A, is crowned as ruler or king of Thinis (c. 3315 BC)¹
Archaic forms of cuneiform emerge in the late Uruk period in Mesopotamia.
Burial of a child at Ashleypark Burial Mound, Ireland (c. 3350 BC)²

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Baker, Darrell D. (2008). "Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300-1069 BC. Egypt". Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs Volume 1. American University in Cairo Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-977-416-221-3.
Cooney, Gabriel (27 November 2014). Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-3114-1.