36th century BC
The 36th century BC was a century which lasted from the year 3600 BC to 3501 BC.
Events
- Civilization in Sumer.
- Beginning of the construction of the megalithic Ggantija temple complex in Malta.
- Mnajdra solar temple complex, Malta.
- Colombia, first rupestrian art at Chiribiquete.
- Maize is domesticated at Balsas River by the Tehuacán culture
- In Egypt, evidence found of mummification around this time at a cemetery in Nekhen.
- Fortified town at Amri on the west bank of the Indus River.
Cultures
- Baden culture
- Funnelbeaker culture
- Boian culture, Phase IV or Spanţov Phase
- Chasséen culture
- Pfyn culture
- Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
- Beginning of Wartberg culture
Inventions, discoveries, introductions
- First known evidence of popcorn. Excavations of the Bat Cave in west central New Mexico in 1948 and 1950 discovered ears of popcorn dated to circa 3600 BC.