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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

2. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

7. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

9. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE

12. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE

22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

24. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

25. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE

27. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

28. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

29. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

31. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

35. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

40. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

42. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

46. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

47. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE