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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Egyptian calendar
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

3. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

4. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

9. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

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

11. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

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

13. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

18. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

19. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

21. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

23. Egyptian calendar
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE

24. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

25. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

28. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

31. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

32. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

35. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

36. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE

37. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

40. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

41. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

43. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
2070 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

48. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

49. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE