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1. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

3. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

5. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Egyptian calendar
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

8. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

9. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

10. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Rise of Elam in Iran
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Newgrange Ireland
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

13. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

20. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

22. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE

23. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

26. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

27. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

28. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

29. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

30. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

31. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

35. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

39. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

40. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

43. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE

47. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

48. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE