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1. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

4. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

5. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

8. The Hallstatt culture
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

9. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Domestication of the horse
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

13. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

15. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Rise of Elam in Iran
890 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

19. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

23. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

24. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

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

27. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

28. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

29. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE

32. Rise of Elam in Iran
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

37. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

38. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

44. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

45. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

46. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

47. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE

49. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

50. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE