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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

2. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

5. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

7. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Alphabetic writing emerges
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

10. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

11. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE

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

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

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

15. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

18. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

19. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

22. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

26. 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
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

27. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

28. The mammoth goes extinct.
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

29. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 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
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

31. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

33. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE

34. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

36. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

37. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

38. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

41. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

44. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE

46. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

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

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