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1. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

2. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

6. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE

7. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

8. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

13. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

14. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE

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

16. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

18. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

19. Skara Brae Scotland
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

26. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

27. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

30. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

31. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

33. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

35. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

38. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

42. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

44. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE

45. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

46. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

48. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Egyptian calendar
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE