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1. The Hallstatt culture
800 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

4. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

5. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

6. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

8. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

9. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

12. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

14. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

15. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

16. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

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

18. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1700 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

20. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

24. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

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

26. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

30. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Mycenaean Greece
2070 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

34. Newgrange Ireland
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

36. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

39. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE

46. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

47. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

50. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

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