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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

2. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE

3. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

4. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

6. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE

9. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1046 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

12. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

13. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

15. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

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

17. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

19. 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
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

21. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

26. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

27. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

29. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

30. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

31. Egyptian calendar
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

34. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
800 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

37. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

38. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

40. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

41. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

42. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
890 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE

47. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

49. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

50. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE