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1. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

3. 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
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

4. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

6. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

7. Mycenaean Greece
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

8. Newgrange Ireland
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE

14. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

17. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

18. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

19. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

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

21. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

27. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

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

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

31. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

40. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

44. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

45. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

48. completion of Stonehenge.
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

49. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE