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