Babylonian astronomers create cuneiform star catalogues
The earliest known star catalogues were compiled by the ancient Babylonian astronomers of Mesopotamia in the late 2nd millennium B.C.E., during the Kassite Period (ca. 1531-1155 B.C.E.).
Early humans
The Yajurveda, one of the four Vedas of the Hindu tradition, is completed
The Yajurveda is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals. An ancient Vedic Sanskrit text, it is a compilation of ritual offering formulas.
Lusatian culture thrives in modern-day Poland and central Europe
The Lusatian culture developed as the preceding Trzciniec culture experienced influences from the Tumulus culture of the Middle Bronze Age, essentially incorporating the local communities into the socio-political network of Iron Age Europe.
The Phoenician alphabet, the oldest verified, is invented
It became one of the most widely used writing systems, spread by Phoenician merchants across the Mediterranean world, where it evolved and was assimilated by many other cultures.
Humans in ancient Iraq invent musical notation
The earliest form of musical notation can be found in a cuneiform tablet that was created at Nippur, in Sumer (today’s Iraq), in about 1400 B.C.E.
Humans, perhaps in ancient Mycenaean Greece, invent the lathe
A flat wooden dish which stood on wooden legs and features many characteristics of lathes was found in a pit grave at Mycenae dated at 1100 to 1400 B.C.E.
Oldest known song, “Hurrian Hymn No. 6”, composed in Ancient Sumeria
For the title of oldest extant song, most historians point to Hurrian Hymn No. 6, an ode to the goddess Nikkal that was composed in cuneiform by the ancient Hurrians sometime around the 14th century B.C.
The Lapita people discover and settle modern-day Samoa
Samoa was discovered and settled by their Lapita ancestors (Austronesian people speaking Oceanic languages), with New Zealand scientists dating remains in Samoa to about 2900–3500 years ago.
Hittites in modern-day Turkey develop iron smelting process, launching the Iron Age
The Iron Age began when iron replaced bronze as the most popular metal used for weapons.
Nok culture flourishes in modern-day Nigeria
The Nok culture is an early Iron Age population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in Kaduna State of Nigeria, where their famous terracotta sculptures were first discovered by Westerners in 1928.