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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

5. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

8. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
2675 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

10. Alphabetic writing emerges
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE

15. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1800 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

20. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

22. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

23. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

24. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

25. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

26. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Rise of Greek city-states
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE

32. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

35. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE

36. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

37. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

43. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

50. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE