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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

2. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

5. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

13. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

16. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

17. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. completion of Stonehenge.
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

25. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

28. completion of Stonehenge.
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

29. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

30. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

31. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

32. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

34. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

37. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE

39. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

41. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

45. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE