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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Mycenaean Greece
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

4. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

6. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

7. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

9. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

10. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

11. First dynasty of Egypt
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

19. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

21. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

23. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

27. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

28. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

30. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1500 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

33. Rise of Elam in Iran
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

35. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

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

37. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

40. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

42. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

43. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Alphabetic writing emerges
800 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE