3rd millennium BC

<p>The 3rd millennium BC spanned the years 3000 to 2001 BC. This period of time corresponds to the Early to Middle <a href="/facts/Bronze_Age/c09qWcTt">Bronze Age</a>, characterized by the early <a href="/facts/Empire/dsjWjBBd">empires</a> in the <a href="/facts/Ancient_Near_East/Ipt8t839">Ancient Near East</a>. In <a href="/facts/Ancient_Egypt/BDsEGK4g">Ancient Egypt</a>, the <a href="/facts/Early_Dynastic_Period_(Egypt)/EjU7tffk">Early Dynastic Period</a> is followed by the <a href="/facts/Old_Kingdom/3Egn5RJd">Old Kingdom</a>. In Mesopotamia, the <a href="/facts/Early_Dynastic_Period_(Mesopotamia)/BcFtVWBQ">Early Dynastic Period</a> is followed by the <a href="/facts/Akkadian_Empire/kWx9zFF6">Akkadian Empire</a>. In what is now <a href="/facts/Northwest_India/hGymWb3v">Northwest India</a> and Pakistan, the <a href="/facts/Indus_Valley_civilization/6xM4aK23">Indus Valley civilization</a> developed a state society.
</p><p><a href="/facts/World_population_estimates/noPNLydt">World population</a> growth relaxed after the burst due to the <a href="/facts/Neolithic_Revolution/P5tLdcgU">Neolithic Revolution</a>.
World population was largely stable, at roughly 60 million, with a slow overall growth rate at roughly 0.03% p.a.
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3rd millennium BC