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Duke of Zhou: regency, campaigns and institutional reforms (c.1042–1000 BCE)

1046 BCE - 1035 BCE

Discovery and scholarly study of oracle bones (1899–present)

1899 - 2024

Dietary practices and paleobotanical/paleofaunal evidence in Norte Chico (c. 3500–1800 BCE)

3500 BCE - 1957 BCE

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

1500 - 3000

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

1506 BCE - 1050 BCE

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

2686 BCE - 2181 BCE

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

1300 BCE - 1993

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

1832 - 2025

Copán Royal Dynasty (c. 426–820 CE)

426 - 822

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

1550 BCE - 1150 BCE

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

551 BCE - 100 BCE

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

3700 BCE - 1600 BCE

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