4000 Bc facts
While investigating facts about 4000 Bc, I found out little known, but curios details like:
The world's oldest beer advertisement was on a Mesopotamian Stone Tablet dated approximately 4000 BC. It read "Drink Elba, the beer with the heart of a lion" and was accompanied by a "large breasted woman holding goblets of beer in each hand"
That, when the last woolly mammoths died out in 1650 BC, only about 4000 years ago. By that time, the pyramids of Giza were already a thousand years old.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 12 of the best facts about 4000 Bc I managed to collect.
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Archeologists excavating burial sites from 4000 BC have discovered clay pots repaired with glue made from tree sap.
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The oldest advertisement was found on a Mesopotamian stone tablet from around 4000 BC, and it was an advertisement for beer
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When the android David talks to the Engineer in Prometheus, he speaks in Proto-Indo-European, the mother of European languages from ~4000-3500 BC.
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Use of the opium poppy predates written history. Images of opium poppies have been found in ancient Sumerian artifacts (circa 4000 BC).
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The coastline of the Aegean Sea as it sits now dates back to 4000 BC. Prior to this the sea was 130 meters lower.
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The first cities in the world appeared in Mesopotamia in approximately 4000 to 3500 BC.
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On July 16, 2186 there is predicted to be the longest solar eclipse during the current 10,000 year period, from 4000 BC to 6000 AC.
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Chinese tombs yield the earliest evidence of cannabis use for its psychoactive properties. Cannabis was cultivated in East Asia for their seeds and fibre from at least 4000 BC. This study suggests weed was being smoked at least 2500 years ago and was identified in wooden burners from burials.
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The "Avalon Project" at Yale's Library hosts key Law and Historical documents as ancient as 4000 BC to as recent as the 21st century.
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An ancient civilization drew a perfect map of the earth in 4000 BC. Even Antartica without the ice caps is spot on.
