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1. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

2. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

3. 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
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

7. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

8. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

11. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

12. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

13. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

23. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

24. 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
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

26. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

28. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

30. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

31. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

32. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE

34. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE

36. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

38. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

40. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

41. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

47. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

49. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

50. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE