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1. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

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

4. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

5. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

7. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

11. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

12. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Mycenaean Greece
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

17. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

18. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

19. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

20. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

21. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

24. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

26. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

28. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE

29. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

30. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE

33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

35. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Alphabetic writing emerges
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

40. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

41. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

45. 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
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE

46. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

47. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE