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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE

3. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

6. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

9. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

11. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

13. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

14. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
890 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

16. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

17. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

22. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

23. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

24. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

25. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

26. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

27. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

29. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

33. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

34. 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
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

35. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

39. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

42. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

43. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

46. The Hallstatt culture
800 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE