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