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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Rise of Greek city-states
890 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE

5. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

10. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2675 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

18. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
1700 BCE

23. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

24. Alphabetic writing emerges
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

25. completion of Stonehenge.
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

26. Cycladic civilization in Greece
800 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE

32. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

35. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

36. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1500 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

39. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

41. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2070 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

48. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

49. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE