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Cascajal Block and claims of early Olmec writing (c. 1200–900 BCE and modern discovery timeline)

1200 - 2020

Chanhudaro Workshops: Craft Specialization and Production (c. 2500–1900 BCE)

2500 BCE - 2015

Chichén Itzá's ascendancy and civic transformation (c. 900–1200 CE)

900 - 1841

Chronology and radiocarbon calibration of Norte Chico sites (c. 3500–1500 BCE)

3700 BCE - 2020

Classic Maya Collapse — Southern Lowlands (c. 750–950 CE)

732 - 910

Collapse of the Shang and the Zhou conquest (c. 1075–1046 BCE)

1100 BCE - 1039 BCE

Collapse, transformation, and cultural succession on the central Peruvian coast (c. 1900–1500 BCE)

3700 BCE - 1600 BCE

Confucius and the early Confucian movement (551–4th century BCE)

551 BCE - 100 BCE

Construction Phases and Ritual Practice at Karnak Temple (c. 1550–1069 BCE)

1550 BCE - 1150 BCE

Copán Royal Dynasty (c. 426–820 CE)

426 - 822

Decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs (19th–21st centuries)

1832 - 2025

Development of early Chinese script: oracle bones to bronze inscriptions (c. 1250–1046 BCE)

1300 BCE - 1993

Development of royal titulary and monumental inscriptions in the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE)

2686 BCE - 2181 BCE

Development of Royal Tomb Architecture in the Valley of the Kings (c. 1550–1069 BCE)

1506 BCE - 1050 BCE

Dholavira: Reservoir Systems and City Layout (c. 2500–1500 BCE)

1500 - 3000