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1. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Domestication of the horse
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Newgrange Ireland
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

16. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
800 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1200 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

20. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

21. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

25. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

27. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

28. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

30. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

32. completion of Stonehenge.
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

34. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

35. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

37. First dynasty of Egypt
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

38. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
890 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

40. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

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

42. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2070 BCE

43. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

47. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

48. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

49. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

50. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE