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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

3. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE

5. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

13. Egyptian calendar
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

14. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE

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

16. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE

17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. The mammoth goes extinct.
1500 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

19. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

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

22. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

26. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

30. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

31. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

32. Rise of Greek city-states
1800 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

33. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

37. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

40. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

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

42. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

43. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE

46. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE

47. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE