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1. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

3. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE

4. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

5. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

6. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

9. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

12. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

13. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

17. 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
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

19. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

20. completion of Stonehenge.
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
800 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

25. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
800 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

30. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Mycenaean Greece
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

34. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

35. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Mycenaean Greece
890 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

46. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE

47. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

50. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE