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1. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE

3. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

4. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

5. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

8. First dynasty of Egypt
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

9. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

10. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

11. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

13. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

16. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

20. Egyptian calendar
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

22. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE

25. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

29. Alphabetic writing emerges
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE

31. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

33. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

34. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE

35. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

37. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE

42. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

43. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE

44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

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