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Landmark Europe archaeological

Tarxien Temples

3600 BCE – 2500 BCE · 1,100 years

Megalithic temple complex on Malta, among the oldest freestanding stone structures in the world, predating the pyramids

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Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

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Attested 3000 BCE – 2000 BCE

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

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Hurrian Kingdoms

Attested 3000 BCE – 2000 BCE

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Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

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European tribal peoples

Attested 3000 BCE – 1930 CE

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Białowieża Forest

3000 BCE – still standing

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Germanic and Slavic tribes

Attested 3000 BCE – 1200 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 3600 BCE and 2500 BCE.

3600 BCE Hagar Qim 3300 BCE Carnac Stones 3180 BCE Skara Brae 3000 BCE Göbekli Tepe 3000 BCE Stonehenge

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Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Unification of Egypt Conflict · Middle East 3100 BCE – 2950 BCE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing Dravidians Polity · South Asia 3000 BCE – 700 BCE
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