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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.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

4. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE

6. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

7. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

8. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

9. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

10. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

14. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

15. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

16. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

19. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

29. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

30. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

31. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE

32. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

38. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

39. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

40. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

41. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

45. 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
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

50. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE