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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

2. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 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
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

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

8. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

15. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

18. The Hallstatt culture
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

21. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

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

33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

34. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

36. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

38. Mycenaean Greece
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

40. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE

42. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Alphabetic writing emerges
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE

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

46. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

49. Alphabetic writing emerges
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE