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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

3. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Mycenaean Greece
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

5. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE

8. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

10. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

11. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE

12. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

15. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE

16. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE

17. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

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

21. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

25. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

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

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

32. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1800 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

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

35. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

37. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

38. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

39. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

40. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

42. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

43. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

44. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

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

46. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE