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1. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

7. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE

8. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Newgrange Ireland
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

10. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

11. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

12. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

14. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

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

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

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

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

25. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

28. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

30. 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
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

31. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

33. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

34. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

38. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

40. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

41. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1200 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

43. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

44. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

45. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

46. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

48. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

50. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE