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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

2. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

3. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

6. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

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

8. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE

10. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

11. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

15. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

19. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

23. Rise of Greek city-states
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

24. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

25. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

26. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

28. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

29. Egyptian calendar
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE

30. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

33. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE

38. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

40. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

42. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

43. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

46. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

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

49. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE