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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

2. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

3. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

5. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

7. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

11. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

14. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

15. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

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

20. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

25. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2070 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

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

32. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Rise of Elam in Iran
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

38. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE

43. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

45. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1700 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE