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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

4. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

5. The mammoth goes extinct.
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

10. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

14. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

18. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
800 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE

24. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

30. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

31. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

33. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Newgrange Ireland
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

36. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

38. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE

41. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

42. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

43. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Egyptian calendar
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE

48. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

49. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

50. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE