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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

6. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 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
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Newgrange Ireland
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

9. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Egyptian calendar
1500 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

12. Egyptian calendar
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE

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

17. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

18. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

21. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

22. The mammoth goes extinct.
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

23. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

28. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

29. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE

32. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE

34. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

35. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

37. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

38. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

40. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

41. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

43. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

49. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

50. 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
2600 BCE
2000 BCE