INTERESTING FIRSTS IN HISTORY
| 1,600,000 BC | First homo erectus found in Africa, the first to control fire | |
| 1,000,000 BC | First settlements in Africa | |
| 450,000 BC | First homo sapiens in Europe and Africa | |
| 200,000 BC | First tools were used | |
| 60,000 BC | First religion | |
| 11,000 BC | First humans killing humans | |
| 10,000 BC | First burials | |
| 9,000 BC | First farming | |
| 5,500 BC | First writings | |
| 3,500 BC | First civilization in Mesopotamia | |
| 3,100 BC | First Egyptian dynasty | |
| 3,000 BC | First cocoa used in Bolivia | |
| 2,850 BC | First last names used in China | |
| 2,750 BC | First ink made in China or Egypt | |
| 2,601 BC | First 'sound body and mind' will in Egypt | |
| 2,300 BC | First empire created by Sargon I in Akkad | |
| 1,700 BC | First written law codes in Babylon | |
| 1,600 BC | First linear script | |
| 1,500 BC | First seven day calendar | |
| 1,350 BC | First recorded smallpox in Egypt | |
| 1,300 BC | First books in China | |
| 1,200 BC | First recorded human plaque | |
| 776 BC | First Olympic Games | |
| 650 BC | First legalized prostitution in China | |
| 264 BC | First gladiator games | |
| 100's AD | First dictionary in China | |
| 336 AD | First recorded celebration of Christmas on Dec 25 | |
| 751 AD | First paper manufactured, Chinese prisoners in Samarkand | |
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