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1. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

3. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

4. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
890 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

6. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

8. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

11. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE

12. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

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

14. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE

17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

19. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

22. Mycenaean Greece
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

29. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE

30. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

33. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE

38. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

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

40. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

41. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

43. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

45. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

48. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

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