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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

3. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

4. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Mycenaean Greece
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

8. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

10. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

14. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE

16. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

18. Alphabetic writing emerges
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE

19. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

20. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE

24. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

25. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

32. 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
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

35. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

36. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE

38. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

50. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE