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Ancient History Timeline
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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
5. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
6. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
7. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
9. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
10. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
12. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
13. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
16. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
17. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
18. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
23. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
24. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
25. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
27. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
28. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
29. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
30. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
31. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
34. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
35. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
37. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
39. The Hallstatt culture
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
40. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
42. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
45. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
46. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
47. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
48. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
49. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
50. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE