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1. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

3. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

4. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

5. completion of Stonehenge.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE
1500 BCE

6. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

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

11. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

13. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

17. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Egyptian calendar
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

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

27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

31. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

35. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

36. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE

39. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Alphabetic writing emerges
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

48. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

50. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE