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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

2. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

4. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
890 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

12. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

15. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE

16. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

17. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

21. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

22. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE

24. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Domestication of the horse
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

31. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Domestication of the horse
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

33. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

40. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE

42. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

43. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

45. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

46. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

47. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

50. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE