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Ancient History Timeline
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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
3. Rise of Greek city-states
1800 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
5. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
6. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
8. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
9. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
10. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
12. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
13. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
14. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
15. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE
17. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
18. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
19. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
20. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
21. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
22. The mammoth goes extinct.
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
23. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
24. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
25. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
26. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
28. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
29. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
30. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
31. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
33. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
34. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
35. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
36. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
38. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
39. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
41. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
43. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
44. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
45. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
48. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
50. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
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