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1. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE

2. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

3. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

7. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

10. The mammoth goes extinct.
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

11. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

12. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

15. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

20. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

21. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

23. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

26. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

28. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

29. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

30. The Hallstatt culture
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE

33. Egyptian calendar
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

34. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

36. The Hallstatt culture
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. completion of Stonehenge.
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE

40. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

41. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE

43. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

44. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

46. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

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