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1. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

2. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

3. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2500 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

7. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

10. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

12. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

14. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Domestication of the horse
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

18. The mammoth goes extinct.
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
800 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

23. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

25. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

26. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

28. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

31. The Hallstatt culture
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

32. Skara Brae Scotland
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

34. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE

37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

39. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

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

41. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

44. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

47. Newgrange Ireland
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

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