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1. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE

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

3. Skara Brae Scotland
1500 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

4. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

8. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE

9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

11. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

12. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

15. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

23. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

26. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE

27. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

28. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

29. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE

30. Egyptian calendar
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

31. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

32. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

43. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

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

46. Domestication of the horse
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

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

48. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE