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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

2. Rise of Greek city-states
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE

3. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

7. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

9. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

11. First dynasty of Egypt
890 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

14. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Mycenaean Greece
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Egyptian calendar
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

24. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

25. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
2070 BCE

27. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

29. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

30. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2675 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

33. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

34. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

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

38. 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
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

39. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 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
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

43. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

45. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

46. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
890 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE