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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

8. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

9. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

10. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE

11. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

12. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

15. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3100 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

17. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

18. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE

19. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

20. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

21. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

24. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

26. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

29. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

30. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Egyptian calendar
890 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

38. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

40. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

43. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

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

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

49. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE