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1. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

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

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

4. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2000 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

8. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

9. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

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

15. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

18. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

19. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

20. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

21. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

26. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

28. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

29. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Newgrange Ireland
800 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

36. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

37. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

44. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

45. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

48. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE

49. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

50. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE