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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

2. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

4. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

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

6. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

7. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE

8. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

14. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

15. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE

17. First dynasty of Egypt
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

19. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

21. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

22. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

26. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

27. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

29. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

30. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

31. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

36. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

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

38. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

42. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

43. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

44. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

45. Cycladic civilization in Greece
890 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Rise of Elam in Iran
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

49. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

50. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE