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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

4. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

9. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

10. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE

13. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

16. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

19. Alphabetic writing emerges
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

24. Mycenaean Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

25. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

27. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE

29. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE

30. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE

32. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE

36. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

39. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

40. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2070 BCE

45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

50. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE