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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

2. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

3. Domestication of the horse
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

4. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

7. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2070 BCE

9. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
890 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

12. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

20. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

23. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

25. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE

26. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE

27. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

28. 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
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE

31. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

34. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

35. completion of Stonehenge.
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

41. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

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

43. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

44. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

47. Domestication of the horse
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

48. Egyptian calendar
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

50. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE