2.8 MILLION BC – 10,000 BC:
SHELTER IN THE PALEOLITHIC
2 MILLION BC
Wonderwerk Cave
Northern Cape Province, South Africa
1.8 MILLION BC
Olduvai Gorge, site DK
Arusha Region, Tanzania
400,000 BC
Terra Amata
Nice, France
50,000 – 40,000 BC
Lubang Jeriji Saléh
Borneo, Indonesia
24,000 BC
Dolní Věstonice I
Moravia, Czech Republic
21,000 BC
Ohalo II
Sea of Galilee, Israel
11,800 BC
Molí del Salt
Vimbodí i Poblet, Spain
11,500 BC – 2050 BC:
THE FERTILE CRESCENT AND THE FORMATION OF THE CITY
11,500 BC – 5000 BC
Tell Abu Hureyra
Lake Assad, Syria
11,000 BC – 8200 BC
Göbekli Tepe
Örencik, Turkey
8500 BC
Tell es-Sultan
Jericho, Occupied Palestinian Territory
7400 BC – 5600 BC
Çatalhöyük
Konya Province, Turkey
5400 BC – 2050 BC
Eridu
Abu Shahrein, Iraq
3600 BC – 1900 BC:
THE PROLIFERATION OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES
3600 BC – 3200 BC
Ġgantija
Zagħra, Malta
3350 BC – 2800 BC
Watson Brake
Logtown, Louisiana
3200 BC – 2900 BC
Newgrange
County Meath, Ireland
3100 BC
Liangzhu Ancient City Waterworks
Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
3100 BC – 1520 BC
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, United Kingdom
2600 BC – 1800 BC
Caral
Supe Valley, Peru
2500 BC
Carnac
Carnac and La Trinité-sur-Mer, France
2500 BC – 1500 BC
Mohenjo-daro
Larkana, Pakistan
2100 BC
Ziggurat of Ur
Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq
2686 BC – 1710 BC:
EGYPT AND THE AFTERLIFE
3200 BC – 2690 BC
Umm El Qa‘ab
Abydos, Egypt
3050 BC – 2170 BC
Saqqara
Mit Rahineh, Egypt
2580 BC – 2510 BC
Giza
Cairo, Egypt
2050 BC – 1425 BC
Deir el-Bahari
Luxor, Egypt
3600 BC – 1900 BC:
MONUMENTAL IMPULSES
1830 BC
Erlitou Palaces
???????, China
1830 BC
Knossos
???????, Crete
1830 BC
Hattusas
???????, Turkey
1830 BC
Poverty Point
???????, State
1830 BC
Moxeke
???????, Peru
1800 BC
Babylon
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1650 BC
Great Temple of Karnak
???????, Egypt
1500 BC
Megaliths
???????, Korea
1300 BC
Mycenae
???????, Greece
1200 BC
San Lorenzo
???????, Mexico
1200 BC – 500 BC
Chavín de Huántar
Ancash Region, Peru
1830 BC – 300 BC
CHINA
2686 BC – 1710 BC
MESOPOTAMIA
2686 BC – 1710 BC
NORTH AMERICA
2686 BC – 1710 BC
EUROPE
2686 BC – 1710 BC
SOUTH AMERICA