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1. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

4. Egyptian calendar
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

5. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

7. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

9. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Newgrange Ireland
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

14. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

15. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

16. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

21. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

23. Rise of Elam in Iran
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1800 BCE

26. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Rise of Greek city-states
2675 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

35. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

36. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

39. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

40. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

42. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE

43. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Domestication of the horse
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

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