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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Egyptian calendar






2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






3. The mammoth goes extinct.






4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






5. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






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






7. Rise of Greek city-states






8. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






9. Newgrange Ireland






10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






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






12. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






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






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






15. Alphabetic writing emerges






16. Rise of Elam in Iran






17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






18. Skara Brae Scotland






19. Domestication of the horse






20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






22. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






23. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






25. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






26. Cycladic civilization in Greece






27. Alphabetic writing emerges






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






29. Mycenaean Greece






30. The Hallstatt culture






31. Skara Brae Scotland






32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






33. Newgrange Ireland






34. Rise of Elam in Iran






35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






37. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






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






39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






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






41. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






42. The mammoth goes extinct.






43. Egyptian calendar






44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






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






46. Rise of Greek city-states






47. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






49. completion of Stonehenge.






50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China