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