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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Skara Brae Scotland






2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






4. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






5. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






6. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






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






8. Newgrange Ireland






9. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






10. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






11. Egyptian calendar






12. Egyptian calendar






13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






14. completion of Stonehenge.






15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






16. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






17. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






18. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






19. The Hallstatt culture






20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






21. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






22. The mammoth goes extinct.






23. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






25. Cycladic civilization in Greece






26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






28. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






29. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






30. Rise of Elam in Iran






31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






32. First dynasty of Egypt






33. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






34. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






35. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






36. Alphabetic writing emerges






37. Skara Brae Scotland






38. Newgrange Ireland






39. Rise of Greek city-states






40. First dynasty of Egypt






41. Rise of Elam in Iran






42. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






43. Mycenaean Greece






44. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






48. Cycladic civilization in Greece






49. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






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