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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

3. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

4. Skara Brae Scotland
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

10. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

11. Rise of Greek city-states
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

12. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE

15. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

16. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

17. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

18. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

20. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE

22. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

24. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

26. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

27. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE

29. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

30. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

31. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

32. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

40. Domestication of the horse
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

44. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
800 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

48. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

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