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36th century BC

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Events

Ggantija temple

Cultures

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

  • First known use of tin (with bronze implements). Evidence of bronze for this date has been found in Thailand (in the Ban Chang culture)[1] and Egypt[2].
  • First known evidence of popcorn. Excavations of the Bat Cave in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico in 1948 and 1950 discovered ears of popcorn dated to circa 3600 BC.[3]

Decades and years