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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE

3. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

4. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

5. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

7. completion of Stonehenge.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

12. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE

13. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

17. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

20. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

23. 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
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1500 BCE

24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

28. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

29. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE

30. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

31. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

33. completion of Stonehenge.
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE

35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

38. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

42. 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
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

45. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

49. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE