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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

4. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 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
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

8. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

10. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

11. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

12. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

13. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

16. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

22. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE

24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

28. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Newgrange Ireland
2675 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

35. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

39. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2500 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

41. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

42. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

46. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

47. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

48. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

49. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE