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Ancient History Timeline
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1. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
2. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3. Rise of Greek city-states
2070 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
4. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
5. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
6. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
7. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
8. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
9. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
10. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
11. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
12. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
13. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
14. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
15. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
16. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
17. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
18. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
19. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
21. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
22. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
23. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
26. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
27. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
28. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
29. Mycenaean Greece
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
30. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
31. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
32. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
34. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
38. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
40. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
42. Rise of Elam in Iran
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
43. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
44. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
45. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
46. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
47. The Hallstatt culture
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
49. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
50. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE