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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

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
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
800 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

8. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

9. Skara Brae Scotland
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

11. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

14. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

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

17. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

18. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE

19. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

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

21. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Domestication of the horse
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE

29. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

31. Rise of Greek city-states
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE

32. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

33. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

35. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

36. The mammoth goes extinct.
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

38. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

40. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

41. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

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

44. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2000 BCE

48. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE

50. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE