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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

9. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE

10. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE

11. Skara Brae Scotland
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

12. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

14. Rise of Elam in Iran
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

15. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE

16. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE

17. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

21. The mammoth goes extinct.
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

29. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

30. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

35. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

36. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE

37. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

38. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE

40. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

41. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

45. First dynasty of Egypt
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

50. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE