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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1200 BCE

6. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

12. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

13. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

14. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

16. 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
800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

17. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

20. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

21. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

22. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE

30. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

38. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

41. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

46. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

49. completion of Stonehenge.
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE