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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

2. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE

5. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1200 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

7. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

11. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Egyptian calendar
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

13. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

14. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

15. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

17. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

20. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

23. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

26. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Alphabetic writing emerges
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

31. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

32. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Newgrange Ireland
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

36. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

37. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

39. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE

40. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

41. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

42. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Mycenaean Greece
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

46. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

49. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE