Cultural Landmarks
- c. 3000 BC—2500 BC—Tomb, Newgrange, Ireland, was built.
- c. 2750 BC—1500 BC—Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, is built.
- Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
- Completion of first phase of Stonehenge monument in England.
- Era of Buena Vista pyramid/observatory in Peru.
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