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c. 3100 BCE

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Go to Narmer (3150 bce) in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (1 ed.)

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c. 3000 BCE

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Go to ass in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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c. 2850 BCE

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c. 2800 BCE

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2781 BCE

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c. 2620 BCE

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c. 2600 BCE

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c. 2580 BCE

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c. 2500 BCE

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Go to Mortar and Pestle in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (1 ed.)


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c. 2400 BCE

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c. 2350 BCE

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c. 2200 BCE

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c. 2000 BCE

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Go to Minoan civilization in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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Go to Ashur in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (1 ed.)

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Go to Khoisan in Encyclopedia of Africa (1 ed.)

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Go to Disease in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology (1 ed.)

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Go to Los Millares Culture in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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Go to Indus Valley civilization in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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Go to Thebes, Egypt in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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Go to junglefowl noun in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.)

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Go to Beaker culture in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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c. from 2000 BCE

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1850 BCE
c. 1830 BCE

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c. 1800 BCE

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c. 1750 BCE

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Go to Babylonia in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Go to banks in The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)

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Go to place value notation in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (4 ed.)

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c. from 1750 BCE

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c. 1740 BCE

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c. 1728 BCE

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c. 1720 BCE

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c. 1700 BCE

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Go to HAMMURABI in The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)

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Go to Hittites in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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Go to Mari Tablets in The Oxford Companion to the Bible (1 ed.)

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Go to Mari Tablets in The Oxford Companion to the Bible (1 ed.)

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c. 1630 BCE

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c. 1600 BCE

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Go to Shang in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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c. 1550 BCE

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c. 1540 BCE

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c. 1531 BCE

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c. 1525 BCE

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c. 1520 BCE

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c. 1500 BCE

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Go to copper in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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Go to Circumcision in Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages (1 ed.)

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Go to Camels in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (1 ed.)

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Go to Iron Age in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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Go to Brahmans in A Dictionary of Asian Mythology (1 ed.)

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Go to Veda in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy (2 rev ed.)

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1500 BCE to 1500 CE

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c. 1490 BCE

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1469 BCE

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c. 1450 BCE

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c. 1425 BCE

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c. 1400 BCE

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Go to Shang in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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c. 1380 BCE

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c. 1353 BCE

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c. 1350 BCE

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c. 1345 BCE

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Go to Tell el-Amarna Tablets in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev ed.)

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c. 1340 BCE

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c. 1333 BCE

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c. 1324 BCE

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c. 1300 BCE

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Go to Mycenaean civilization in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.)

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Go to Polynesians in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.)

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c. 1200 BCE

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1279 BCE

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c. 1275 BCE

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c. 1250 BCE

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c. 1150 BCE

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c. 1100 BCE

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c. 1050 BCE

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c. 1020 BCE

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c. 1000 BCE

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Go to horses in The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev ed.)

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Go to Adena Complex in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.)

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