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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Newgrange Ireland






2. Skara Brae Scotland






3. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America






4. completion of Stonehenge.






5. Egyptian calendar






6. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






8. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






9. Alphabetic writing emerges






10. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






11. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






12. The mammoth goes extinct.






13. Cycladic civilization in Greece






14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






15. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






18. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






19. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






20. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






22. Rise of Elam in Iran






23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






27. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






28. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






29. Domestication of the horse






30. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






31. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






32. Alphabetic writing emerges






33. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






34. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






36. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






37. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






38. completion of Stonehenge.






39. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






40. Skara Brae Scotland






41. Rise of Greek city-states






42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






43. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






44. The Hallstatt culture






45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






46. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






47. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






48. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






49. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






50. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China