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1. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

2. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

4. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

6. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

8. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

9. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

10. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

11. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

12. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

15. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

17. completion of Stonehenge.
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

18. 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
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

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

20. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

24. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

26. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

28. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

31. completion of Stonehenge.
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
800 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

36. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. First dynasty of Egypt
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

40. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

42. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE

43. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

46. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

47. The Hallstatt culture
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

48. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

50. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE