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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

3. The mammoth goes extinct.
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

4. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

5. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

8. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

11. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

12. Egyptian calendar
800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

13. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE

14. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

17. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

20. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Newgrange Ireland
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 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
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

23. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

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

27. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

28. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

33. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

34. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

35. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Rise of Elam in Iran
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

38. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

39. 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
890 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

40. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

43. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Rise of Elam in Iran
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

48. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

49. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

50. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE