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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE

5. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

7. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

9. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

10. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

16. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

24. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

25. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

30. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE

31. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

32. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

35. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

36. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

42. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

44. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

47. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

48. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE