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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Hallstatt culture






2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






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






4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






5. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






8. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






9. completion of Stonehenge.






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






11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






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






13. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






14. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






15. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






16. First dynasty of Egypt






17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






19. Alphabetic writing emerges






20. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






21. Rise of Elam in Iran






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






23. Skara Brae Scotland






24. Mycenaean Greece






25. Egyptian calendar






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






27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






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






29. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






30. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






31. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






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






33. Domestication of the horse






34. Domestication of the horse






35. Rise of Greek city-states






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






37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






38. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






39. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






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






41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






42. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






43. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






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






46. Egyptian calendar






47. Cycladic civilization in Greece






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






49. Rise of Greek city-states






50. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.