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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

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

3. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

4. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

5. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

11. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE

14. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

15. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

16. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

17. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE

19. 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
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

21. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Newgrange Ireland
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

25. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

26. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

27. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE

30. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

32. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1700 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

40. Domestication of the horse
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

42. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

43. Egyptian calendar
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

46. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE