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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

3. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

5. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

6. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

8. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

10. completion of Stonehenge.
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

11. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

15. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

16. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

18. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE

19. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Rise of Greek city-states
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

22. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

36. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

38. First dynasty of Egypt
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
890 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

43. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Rise of Greek city-states
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

46. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

47. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE

48. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

49. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE