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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

3. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

5. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

11. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

12. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

17. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

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

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

21. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

22. First dynasty of Egypt
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

24. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1700 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE

29. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Newgrange Ireland
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

32. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

33. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Mycenaean Greece
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

37. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

38. The Hallstatt culture
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

40. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
800 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

46. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

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

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

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE