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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

12. completion of Stonehenge.
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

13. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE

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

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1500 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

17. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

20. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

21. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

22. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Mycenaean Greece
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

25. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

30. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

31. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

32. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. completion of Stonehenge.
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

49. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

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