Neolithic

5800 BCE
First signs of occupation at the site later known as Aphrodisias.
c. 5000 BCE
Almendres Cromlech erected in Portugal
3000 BCE
Construction of Stonehenge I
c. 2600 BCE-c. 2400 BCE
Ring of Brodgar erected in Orkney Islands; the date is uncertain because it has not been excavated
2500 BCE
Stonehenge I abandoned
2100 BCE
Construction of Stonehenge II
2000 BCE
Construction of Stonehenge III
1900 BCE
About 20 bluestones from Stonehenge II are erected in a horseshoe shape inside the sarsen horseshoe in the center of Stonehenge III.