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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

2. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

7. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

8. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

10. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

12. Rise of Elam in Iran
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

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

19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

20. Mycenaean Greece
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Newgrange Ireland
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

28. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE

30. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

33. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

36. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

37. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
890 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

38. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Cycladic civilization in Greece
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

43. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

47. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE