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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

3. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 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
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

11. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

13. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

15. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

18. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

19. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

21. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

24. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

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

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

31. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE

32. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

34. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

35. Newgrange Ireland
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

36. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE

37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

38. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Newgrange Ireland
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

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

42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. First dynasty of Egypt
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE

45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

46. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

49. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

50. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE