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]

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