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Ancient History Timeline
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1. Mycenaean Greece
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
4. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
5. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
6. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
9. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
10. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
14. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE
15. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
18. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE
19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
20. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
21. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
22. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
23. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
24. Rise of Greek city-states
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE
25. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
26. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
27. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
28. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
29. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
30. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
31. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
32. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
33. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
34. 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
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
35. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
36. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
37. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
800 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
38. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
42. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
43. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE
45. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
46. Rise of Elam in Iran
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
47. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
48. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
49. Newgrange Ireland
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
50. Egyptian calendar
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE