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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

3. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

4. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

10. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
800 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1200 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

16. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE

22. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

23. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

29. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

35. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

36. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

38. Rise of Elam in Iran
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE

39. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

41. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE

43. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

45. The mammoth goes extinct.
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

49. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

50. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE