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1. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

5. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

6. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

11. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Rise of Greek city-states
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

15. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

21. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

22. The mammoth goes extinct.
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Domestication of the horse
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

24. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

26. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

28. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

29. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

31. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

32. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

35. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Newgrange Ireland
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 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
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE

42. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE