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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
2200 BCE

2. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

3. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

7. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

8. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

9. Egyptian calendar
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE

10. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE

11. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

15. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

22. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

27. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

30. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

33. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

34. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE

35. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

38. Skara Brae Scotland
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE

40. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

43. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

44. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

45. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

46. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
890 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

49. Domestication of the horse
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE