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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

3. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

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

5. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

6. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

7. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

15. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

17. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

23. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. Domestication of the horse
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

28. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

31. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

32. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

33. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE

36. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

39. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

42. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

43. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

48. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE

50. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE