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1. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE

3. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

7. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

8. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

9. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

11. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

14. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Egyptian calendar
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2675 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

27. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

28. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

30. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

36. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

39. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

40. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. completion of Stonehenge.
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

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

49. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE