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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

4. 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
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

5. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

7. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE

9. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

15. The mammoth goes extinct.
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

16. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

17. completion of Stonehenge.
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

18. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE

25. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

26. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

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

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

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

34. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

39. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

45. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
890 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

47. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE

49. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

50. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

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