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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

3. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

4. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE

6. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2000 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

16. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Rise of Greek city-states
890 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

19. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Egyptian calendar
800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

23. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

25. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Skara Brae Scotland
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

31. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

32. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

35. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

38. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

42. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

43. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

47. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

50. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE