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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

2. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

5. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

8. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

9. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

10. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

11. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

12. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

13. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

19. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

20. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

22. 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
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

23. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

27. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

28. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE

29. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

31. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE

32. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

37. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

38. Mycenaean Greece
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

40. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

41. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

44. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

46. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

47. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

48. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE