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1. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

4. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

5. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

6. The mammoth goes extinct.
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

7. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

10. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

11. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

13. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Mycenaean Greece
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

17. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

18. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

22. 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
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

25. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE

26. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

28. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

29. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

32. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

33. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Rise of Greek city-states
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

38. Mycenaean Greece
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

40. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

43. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

44. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

46. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

48. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1700 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

49. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

50. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE