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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Hallstatt culture
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

2. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE

4. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

5. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

6. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

10. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

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

12. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Skara Brae Scotland
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

21. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

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

23. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

24. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

26. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Newgrange Ireland
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

30. The Hallstatt culture
800 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2070 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

35. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

36. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

39. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

43. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Domestication of the horse
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

46. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

47. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

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

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE