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1. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

3. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

5. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

7. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

8. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

11. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
2500 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

15. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE

20. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

21. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

23. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 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
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

25. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

27. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Rise of Greek city-states
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

30. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

31. First dynasty of Egypt
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

38. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

39. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

40. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

41. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

42. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

45. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Rise of Elam in Iran
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Newgrange Ireland
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

50. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE