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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE

2. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE

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

6. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

10. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

12. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

14. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

16. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE

17. Newgrange Ireland
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2070 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

19. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

26. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

27. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

28. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

32. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

33. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

36. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

38. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Mycenaean Greece
890 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

40. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE

41. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

42. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

43. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

44. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

45. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. Newgrange Ireland
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 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
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

50. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE