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1. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

3. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

4. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

5. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

6. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

7. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

11. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

14. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

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

16. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1020 to 930 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
1500 BCE

17. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Egyptian calendar
3100 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

21. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

22. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE

24. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

28. Rise of Greek city-states
890 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE

29. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

32. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE

37. 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
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE

38. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

39. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE

42. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

46. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

49. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

50. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE