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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Domestication of the horse
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

2. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

5. Mycenaean Greece
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

7. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

12. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE

13. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

14. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

15. The mammoth goes extinct.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

16. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

17. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Egyptian calendar
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

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

21. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

25. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Newgrange Ireland
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

30. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

32. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

35. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

36. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

37. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

40. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

42. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

45. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

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

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE