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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

3. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

5. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

6. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

7. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

10. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

17. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1700 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

23. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

24. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE

25. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

27. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

30. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

36. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

43. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

45. Newgrange Ireland
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. The Hallstatt culture
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

50. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE