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1. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

2. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

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

5. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

6. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

9. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

10. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

12. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

15. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

16. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

18. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

20. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

21. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

22. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. First dynasty of Egypt
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

28. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

29. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE

30. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE

31. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE

33. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

34. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

35. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

38. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

41. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

43. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

44. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE

45. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

46. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

47. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE