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Ancient History Timeline
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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
3. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
7. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
8. Domestication of the horse
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
9. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
13. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE
14. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
15. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
18. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
21. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
23. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
24. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
25. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
26. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
27. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
28. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
29. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
30. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
32. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
35. Mycenaean Greece
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
36. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
37. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
38. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
39. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
42. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
45. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
46. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
47. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
48. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
49. Egyptian calendar
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
50. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE