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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

2. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

5. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

7. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

8. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Egyptian calendar
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

11. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

12. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

13. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

17. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

20. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

23. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
800 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1200 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

30. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

31. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE

33. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

34. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

35. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

36. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

37. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE

42. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE

43. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

44. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE

48. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

49. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

50. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

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