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1. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

3. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

7. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

9. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
800 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

12. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Skara Brae Scotland
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

15. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

18. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE

29. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE

32. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

33. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE

34. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

35. 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
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

36. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

38. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

41. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. completion of Stonehenge.
800 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

44. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

46. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

50. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE