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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






2. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






3. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






4. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America






5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






7. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






9. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






10. First dynasty of Egypt






11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






13. First dynasty of Egypt






14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






15. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






16. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






17. The Hallstatt culture






18. Domestication of the horse






19. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






21. Rise of Greek city-states






22. Skara Brae Scotland






23. Rise of Elam in Iran






24. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






25. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






26. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






27. Cycladic civilization in Greece






28. Domestication of the horse






29. completion of Stonehenge.






30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






31. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






32. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






33. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






34. Egyptian calendar






35. completion of Stonehenge.






36. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






37. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






38. Newgrange Ireland






39. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






41. Alphabetic writing emerges






42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






43. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






44. The mammoth goes extinct.






45. The mammoth goes extinct.






46. Cycladic civilization in Greece






47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






48. Rise of Greek city-states






49. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






50. Skara Brae Scotland