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Ancient History Timeline

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1. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE

2. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

3. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE

5. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE

13. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

17. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
890 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

22. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

23. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

24. Egyptian calendar
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE

26. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

29. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

33. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

36. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE

37. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1800 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

39. 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
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

40. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

42. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

43. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

44. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

46. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE

47. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

48. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE