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Wow. Is this confused. edit
I came to this article to simply determine what is meant by the title term. Specifically, does it refer to the time span of 4,000 to 3,000 B.C.E. or to 3,000 to 2,000? Since dates between 4000 and 2000 are in profusion in the bulk of this mish-mash, I had to go to the end to see that at least one editor considers the 3rd Millinnium to consist of the 21st thru 30th Centuries B.C. Major failure to actually have a useful lede.
Oh, if anybody is so inclined, the sentence:"The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age." is wrong. The Bronze Age spans the dates 3600-600 B.C. and in point of fact its a term for the dates that a particular civilization uses a particular set of technologies. That is: there IS no single Bronze Age, it is a term which must be relative to a particular civilization (location).
Further:"It represents a period of time in which imperialism, or the desire to conquer, grew to prominence, in the city-states of the Middle East, but also throughout Eurasia." Should, imho, be deleted or possibly changed to:"It [what? the 3rd Millennium or the Bronze Age?] represents a period of time in which imperialism grew to prominence in the city-states of the Middle East, and also throughout Eurasia." The clause about the desire to conquer is rubbish, people haven't changed - the desire to control others isn't something that "rises to prominence", it is something which (due to economic, technical, or social factors) is ACTED on. I have also cleaned up the excessive use of commas and other errors in grammar.
Finally, I note that this article is EXTREMELY Eurasian-centric. (As well as focusing almost exclusively on civilizations rather than climate and ecologies).173.189.79.42 (talk) 16:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Ummm.. edit
Didn't mahabharata believed to have happened in 30k bce or the Mahabharata is fictional? Or it doesn't go with the idea of harrapan civilization 950CMR (talk) 15:57, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
If bilgamesh can be in this why not Kurkhestra war? 950CMR (talk) 16:01, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
Technically Kurkhestra does exists if Kurkhestra isn't that Kurkhestra that is mentioned in the Mahabharata then it was named Kurkhestra to create conspiracy now i'm not being biased here but this airtcle should have had mahabharata or atleast mahabharata epoach date if y'all don't think mahabharata happened at all and it was just a fake scientific story 950CMR (talk) 16:06, 10 March 2021 (UTC)