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1. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

2. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE

3. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE

6. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

7. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

10. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

14. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

15. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

19. Mycenaean Greece
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

22. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
1800 BCE

24. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

27. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

37. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

38. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

43. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

45. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

48. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

49. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE