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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

3. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

4. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

6. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

7. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

9. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

10. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE

13. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
890 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

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

16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

18. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Newgrange Ireland
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

23. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

26. 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
2675 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

33. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

34. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

37. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

40. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

42. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

43. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Rise of Elam in Iran
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

48. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

49. completion of Stonehenge.
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE