History begins in this age as a…

2349 BCE to 2206 BCE

History begins in this age as a continuously recorded literary tradition in China, Mesopotamia, Canaan, and Egypt.

Archaeological investigations have yielded thousands of written documents from this period.

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Mesopotamia View → Sumer View → Egypt (Ancient), Old Kingdom of View → China, archaic (Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors) View → Ebla, Kingdom of View → Akkadian Empire View →

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Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors Period in China View → Early Bronze Age III (Near and Middle East) View →

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Symbols View → Writing View → History View →

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