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1. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

2. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

4. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

8. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Domestication of the horse
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

18. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

19. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

20. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE

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

22. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

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

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE

28. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

29. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

34. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

38. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

41. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

42. Mycenaean Greece
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

46. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

47. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE