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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

5. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

6. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

7. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

9. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

12. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Skara Brae Scotland
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE

15. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

17. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

19. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Domestication of the horse
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

23. The Hallstatt culture
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE

27. The Hallstatt culture
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

28. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

29. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

30. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

32. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

33. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

34. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

35. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

36. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE

42. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

43. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

47. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

48. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE