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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE

5. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

8. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

14. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

15. Mycenaean Greece
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

17. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Alphabetic writing emerges
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

25. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

26. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE

28. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

29. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

30. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

32. 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
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Alphabetic writing emerges
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

34. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

35. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Newgrange Ireland
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

43. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Newgrange Ireland
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

50. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE