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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

3. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE

6. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

7. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

9. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

11. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

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
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

15. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Rise of Elam in Iran
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

19. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

23. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

26. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

28. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

30. The Hallstatt culture
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Skara Brae Scotland
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

37. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

38. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE

39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

42. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

43. Egyptian calendar
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE

44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

45. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

47. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

49. completion of Stonehenge.
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE

50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE