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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