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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

2. Newgrange Ireland
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

6. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

12. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

13. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

16. completion of Stonehenge.
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

25. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE

26. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

31. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

32. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

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

34. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE

36. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

38. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Skara Brae Scotland
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

41. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

43. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE

47. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

49. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

50. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE