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1. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

2. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

5. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

7. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

8. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

12. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

13. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

15. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE

19. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

20. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

22. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

26. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

27. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

28. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

30. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

33. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

36. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

38. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

39. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

40. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

42. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

43. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

46. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

50. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

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