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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

4. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

5. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
800 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

6. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

7. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

8. completion of Stonehenge.
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
2070 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE

11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

12. Cycladic civilization in Greece
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

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

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

22. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

24. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE

25. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

26. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
890 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

30. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Alphabetic writing emerges
800 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

36. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

37. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

38. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

39. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

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

41. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

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

43. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE

46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE