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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

3. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

6. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

9. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

11. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Alphabetic writing emerges
1200 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

15. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

16. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

18. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

19. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

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

22. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

25. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

27. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

30. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

33. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

34. Mycenaean Greece
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

38. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

40. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

47. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

48. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

49. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

50. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE