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1. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE

2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

4. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

5. Alphabetic writing emerges
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

7. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

11. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

12. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

13. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

14. Domestication of the horse
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

15. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

18. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

19. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

21. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE

22. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE

24. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

25. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

26. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

32. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

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

35. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

36. completion of Stonehenge.
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

42. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

43. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE

44. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

49. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

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