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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

2. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

5. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

8. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

12. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

13. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

14. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Egyptian calendar
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

17. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

25. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

26. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

28. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
890 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
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE

30. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

36. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

40. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

42. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

43. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Domestication of the horse
800 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
890 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE