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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE

3. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

6. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE

9. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

10. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

13. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

15. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1500 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

18. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

22. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

23. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

24. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

27. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

28. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

29. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

30. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

31. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

35. The Hallstatt culture
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

36. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

37. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE

38. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Cycladic civilization in Greece
890 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Alphabetic writing emerges
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

43. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

47. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

48. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

49. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE