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1. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

2. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

5. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Rise of Elam in Iran
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

7. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

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

9. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

15. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE

22. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

23. completion of Stonehenge.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

30. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2070 BCE

31. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

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

34. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

36. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

37. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

41. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

45. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE

48. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

49. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE