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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE

2. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

4. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

5. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

8. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

15. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

17. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

18. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

23. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

24. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

25. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

27. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

28. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

31. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

32. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE

34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

35. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

38. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Mycenaean Greece
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

42. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

43. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

47. Newgrange Ireland
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

48. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE