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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

3. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

4. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

5. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

6. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

7. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE

12. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Egyptian calendar
2500 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

18. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

20. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

23. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

25. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

26. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2200 BCE

27. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
890 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

30. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

33. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

38. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

39. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

47. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

49. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE