27th Century B.C.E.

Egyptian physician Imhotep diagnoses cancer, perhaps for the first time in history

January 30, 1002 | By Peter Schulte | Change Milestones, Past Progress

Imhotep was an Egyptian chancellor to the Pharaoh Djoser, possible architect of Djoser’s step pyramid, and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. Very little is known of Imhotep as a historical figure, but in the 3,000 years following his death, he was gradually glorified and deified. In his Pulitzer-prize winning “biography” of cancer – The Emperor of All Maladies – Siddhartha Mukherjee cites the oldest identified written diagnosis of cancer to Imhotep.

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Ancient Sumerian cylinder seal impression showing Dumuzid being tortured in the Underworld

Humanity’s first monarch, perhaps Dumuzid, comes to power in Sumeria

January 30, 1002 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

Sumeria was the first civilization, created the first writing system, and had the first monarch.

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Maya culture emerges in the Yucatan

January 30, 1002 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

The Maya Long Count Calendar gives a Maya creation date of 11 August, 3114 B.C.E., and traces of Maya habitation at Cuello, in Belize, were recently carbon dated to around 2600 B.C.E.

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The Old Kingdom of Egypt begins

January 18, 1002 | By Peter Schulte | Past Progress

The Old Kingdom, in ancient Egyptian history, is the period in the third millennium (c. 2686-2181 B.C.E.) also known as the ‘Age of the Pyramids’ or ‘Age of the Pyramid Builders’.

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Egyptian physician Imhotep diagnoses cancer, perhaps for the first time in history

Humanity’s first monarch, perhaps Dumuzid, comes to power in Sumeria

Maya culture emerges in the Yucatan

The Old Kingdom of Egypt begins

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