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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Mycenaean Greece






2. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






3. Newgrange Ireland






4. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






5. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






6. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






7. Mycenaean Greece






8. First dynasty of Egypt






9. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






10. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






11. The mammoth goes extinct.






12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






14. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






16. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






18. Alphabetic writing emerges






19. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






20. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






21. Rise of Elam in Iran






22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






24. Alphabetic writing emerges






25. The Hallstatt culture






26. Rise of Greek city-states






27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






28. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






29. Cycladic civilization in Greece






30. completion of Stonehenge.






31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






32. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America






33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






34. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






35. The mammoth goes extinct.






36. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






37. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






38. completion of Stonehenge.






39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






42. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






46. Domestication of the horse






47. First dynasty of Egypt






48. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






49. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






50. Rise of Greek city-states