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1. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

2. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

4. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

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

6. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

10. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

14. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE

15. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE

17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

20. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

22. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

24. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE

26. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

27. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

28. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

32. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

37. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

38. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE

39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

45. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

48. 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
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

49. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE