Meanwhile…

Naqada III culture: regional kingdoms along the Nile

circa 3200 v.Chr.

Emergence of Sumerian Temple Cities

around 3500 BC

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Indo-Pacific coral triangle reaches peak biodiversity

formed over the last several million years, stable by around 10,000 years ago

earliest latrines in Mesopotamia

rond 3200 v.Chr.

Millennia of Obscurity Beneath the Soil

8000 BC to 1963 AD

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

The last mammoths do not survive the extinction

circa 6000 jaar geleden

not claimed yet