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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

3. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

7. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

8. Domestication of the horse
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 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
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

14. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

15. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

24. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE

26. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE

27. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

30. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

36. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

37. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE

39. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

45. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

46. 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
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE