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1. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

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

3. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE

7. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Egyptian calendar
1800 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

12. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2675 BCE

13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

15. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

17. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

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

21. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

24. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

25. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

26. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

27. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

28. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

30. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE

32. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

36. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE

37. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Alphabetic writing emerges
800 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

43. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

46. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

48. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE