Copper Age state societies in the context of "4th millennium BCE"

⭐ In the context of the 4th millennium BCE, the emergence of city-states in regions like Sumer and Predynastic Egypt is most directly associated with which broader cultural development?

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⭐ Core Definition: Copper Age state societies

The Chalcolithic or Copper Age is the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. It is taken to begin around the mid-5th millennium BC, and ends with the beginning of the Bronze Age proper, in the late 4th to 3rd millennium BC, depending on the region.

The Chalcolithic is part of prehistory, but based on archaeological evidence, the emergence of the first state societies can be inferred, notably in the Fertile Crescent (notably Sumer) Predynastic Egypt, and Proto-Minoan Crete, with late Neolithic societies of comparable complexity emerging in the Indus Valley (Mehrgarh), China, and along the north-western shores of the Black Sea.

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👉 Copper Age state societies in the context of 4th millennium BCE

The 4th millennium BC spanned the years 4000 BC to 3001 BC. Some of the major changes in human culture during this time included the beginning of the Bronze Age and the invention of writing, which played a major role in starting recorded history.

The city states of Sumer and the (Predynastic) Kingdom of Egypt were established and grew to prominence. Agriculture spread widely across Eurasia.

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← 4th millennium BCE ← 4th millennium BC ← Fourth millennium BC
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Los Millares → Spain → Levant Chalcolithic → Chalcolithic → Neolithic → Bronze Age → 5th millennium BC → Prehistory → State (polity) → Fertile Crescent → Sumer → Predynastic Egypt → Minoan chronology → Indus Valley → Mehrgarh → Neolithic China → Cucuteni–Trypillia culture →