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1. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

4. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

7. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2500 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

8. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

10. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

12. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

14. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

15. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

18. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

20. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

23. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

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

25. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE

28. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE

29. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

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

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

34. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

35. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

38. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

40. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

41. 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
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

43. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

44. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

47. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

48. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

50. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE