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