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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

2. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE

3. Domestication of the horse
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Skara Brae Scotland
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

8. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

9. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
2200 BCE

13. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

18. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1800 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

27. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE

28. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
800 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Mycenaean Greece
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

31. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

33. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

41. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

43. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

45. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE

46. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

47. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

48. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

49. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

50. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE