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1. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

3. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

6. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

12. Egyptian calendar
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

18. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

20. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

21. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

24. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

29. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

35. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

39. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

42. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Rise of Greek city-states
2675 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

47. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

48. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

50. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

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