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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Newgrange Ireland
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 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
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

5. Egyptian calendar
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

6. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE

10. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

11. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

12. The mammoth goes extinct.
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

13. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

20. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
890 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

28. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

30. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

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

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

36. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

37. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

38. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

40. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

44. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

45. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

46. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

50. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE