Ancient Egyptians begin practice of mummification
The tomb was now considered a place of transformation in which the soul would leave the body to go on to the afterlife.
Egypt
The Egyptians and Phoenicians invent the sailboats
The Phoenicians and Egyptians sailed under cloth sails on single log and simple long narrow sailboats.
Humans begin using yeast to make bread, perhaps in Ancient Egypt
Baker’s yeast is the common name for the strains of yeast commonly used as a leavening agent in baking bread and bakery products.
The first year of the ancient Egyptian calendar commences
The ancient Egyptian calendar was a solar calendar with a 365-day year.
Humans develop agriculture for the first time ever, beginning the Agricultural Revolution
The beginning of this process in different regions has been dated from 10,000 to 8,000 B.C.E. in the Fertile Crescent and perhaps 8000 B.C.E. in the Kuk Early Agricultural Site of Melanesia.