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1. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

3. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

4. Mycenaean Greece
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE

6. The mammoth goes extinct.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

8. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

11. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

16. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE

20. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE

24. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

28. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

29. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

32. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

34. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

37. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

38. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

39. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Rise of Greek city-states
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

41. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

45. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

49. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

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