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

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

4. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2070 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

5. completion of Stonehenge.
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

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

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

9. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Domestication of the horse
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

14. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

15. The Hallstatt culture
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

20. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

21. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 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
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Rise of Elam in Iran
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Mycenaean Greece
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

35. The Hallstatt culture
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

36. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

38. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

40. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE

41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

46. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE

47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

50. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE