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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

7. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

10. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

12. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

18. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

19. 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
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. First dynasty of Egypt
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

25. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE

32. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

34. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

35. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

38. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

39. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

40. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

42. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

44. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2070 BCE

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

46. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

49. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

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