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1. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

2. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

4. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

5. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

10. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

11. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

13. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
890 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE

19. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE

22. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE

24. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

29. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

31. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

32. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

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

35. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

36. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

38. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

40. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

45. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

46. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

47. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

48. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

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