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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

3. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE

4. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

8. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

10. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

13. completion of Stonehenge.
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

17. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

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

29. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2675 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

36. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

40. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

42. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

45. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

46. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

47. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

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