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1. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

3. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

5. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

9. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

13. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE

14. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE

15. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

16. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

19. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

20. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

22. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

23. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

24. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

26. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

27. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

28. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE

29. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

31. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

32. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

33. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

40. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

41. completion of Stonehenge.
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

42. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

43. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

44. completion of Stonehenge.
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE

45. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
1046 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

49. 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
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE