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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

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

6. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

10. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

11. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

17. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE

18. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

24. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

25. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

26. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

31. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

32. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE

33. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Newgrange Ireland
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

35. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Skara Brae Scotland
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

38. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

39. The mammoth goes extinct.
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

41. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

42. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

46. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

47. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

49. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

50. First dynasty of Egypt
800 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE