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1. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

4. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

5. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

7. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

11. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE

12. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

17. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

21. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

24. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

26. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

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

28. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

30. 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
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

33. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE

43. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE

50. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE