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1. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

4. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

5. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

6. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

7. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE

10. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

13. Egyptian calendar
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

15. Newgrange Ireland
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

16. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

17. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

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

20. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE

21. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

23. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

24. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

26. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

27. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

28. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

30. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

31. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

35. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

38. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE

41. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2675 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
890 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

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

49. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE