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