3rd millennium BC in music

3rd millennium BC in music - 2nd millennium BC in music - 1st millennium BC in music

Events

• c. 3000 BC - The invention of the castanets in Early Dynastic Egypt. ^[1]
• c. 2800 BC - The invention of the clapper, a basic form of percussion instrument, in Early Dynastic Egypt. ^[2]
• c. 2800 BC - The invention of the harp and the lyre in Mesopotamia. ^{[3] [4]}
• c. 2686-2181 BC - The invention of the Sistrum, a musical instrument of the percussion family. ^[5]
• c. 2600 BC - The creation of Standard of Ur which includes soundbox of a musical instrument ^{[6] [7]}
• c. 2550–2450 BC - The invention of the Bull Headed Lyre of Ur, string instrument used in Mesopotamia.
• c. 2550–2450 BC - The invention of the Lyres of Ur, a stringed musical instrument from the Early Dynastic III Period of Mesopotamia. ^[8]
• c. 2500 BC - Around ninety royal servants—including soldiers, grooms, and female musicians—were buried alive in the tomb of a royal couple in Ur. ^{[3] [9]}
• c. 2500 BC - The invention of thin lyres in northern Syria. ^[10]
• c. 2500 BC - The invention of thick lyres in Uruk and Susa. ^[10]
• c. 2300 BC - The earliest known composer is born, Enheduanna, priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn). ^[7]
• c. 2200 BC - A song was composed during the Old Kingdom of Egypt and subsequently buried in a tomb. ^[10]

See also

• Timeline of musical events

References

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