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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

5. Egyptian calendar
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

7. Newgrange Ireland
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

12. The Hallstatt culture
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

14. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE

15. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

16. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Alphabetic writing emerges
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

19. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

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

21. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

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

23. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

26. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

27. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

30. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

32. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

33. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

35. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

36. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

38. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

40. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE

41. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

43. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

44. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Domestication of the horse
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE