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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

3. completion of Stonehenge.
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

6. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE

9. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

10. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

11. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE

12. Newgrange Ireland
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

15. Rise of Elam in Iran
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

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

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

21. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE

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

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

27. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

30. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

32. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

34. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

38. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
800 BCE

39. The Hallstatt culture
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

42. 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
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Rise of Greek city-states
2070 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

45. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

46. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

48. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE