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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






3. Cycladic civilization in Greece






4. The Hallstatt culture






5. Alphabetic writing emerges






6. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






7. The mammoth goes extinct.






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






9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






10. The mammoth goes extinct.






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






12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






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






14. Egyptian calendar






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






16. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






17. completion of Stonehenge.






18. Cycladic civilization in Greece






19. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






20. Egyptian calendar






21. Alphabetic writing emerges






22. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






23. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






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






25. Newgrange Ireland






26. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






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






28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






29. Domestication of the horse






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






31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






32. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






33. Rise of Greek city-states






34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






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






37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






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






39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






40. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






41. Rise of Elam in Iran






42. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






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






44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






45. Newgrange Ireland






46. The Hallstatt culture






47. Skara Brae Scotland






48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






50. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians