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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Skara Brae Scotland
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

7. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

10. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

11. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

13. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

16. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

20. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

21. completion of Stonehenge.
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

23. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

24. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

25. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

27. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

29. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

30. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1700 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

35. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

41. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE

42. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

43. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE

46. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

47. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE