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1. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

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

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

4. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

7. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

13. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE

15. Newgrange Ireland
1800 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

16. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2070 BCE

19. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE

20. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

24. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

25. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE

27. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE

30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

31. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

32. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

33. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

35. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE

36. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

39. The mammoth goes extinct.
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

43. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

44. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

45. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Newgrange Ireland
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Skara Brae Scotland
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

49. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE