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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Egyptian calendar
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

2. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

3. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

4. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

6. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

9. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

13. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

15. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

18. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2070 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

26. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

27. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

28. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

29. The mammoth goes extinct.
1500 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Mycenaean Greece
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

35. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

36. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

37. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 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
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

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

41. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

43. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

47. The Hallstatt culture
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

50. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE