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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Domestication of the horse
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

3. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE

4. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

5. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

7. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

8. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

10. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Skara Brae Scotland
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

14. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

15. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

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

22. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE
2070 BCE

23. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

24. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

26. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

27. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

29. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

31. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

32. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

35. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

36. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

38. 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
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

40. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

42. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

45. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE

46. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE

48. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

49. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE