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1. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

2. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

3. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

4. Newgrange Ireland
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

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

7. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

10. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

12. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

13. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE

14. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE

15. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

16. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

17. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. 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
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

21. 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
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

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

23. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

28. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

30. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
890 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

33. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Rise of Elam in Iran
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

36. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

38. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

40. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

42. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

43. Egyptian calendar
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

49. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

50. Egyptian calendar
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE