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Ancient History Timeline

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1. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE

5. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

6. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

16. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

17. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

18. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

20. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

23. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

24. The mammoth goes extinct.
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE

25. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

26. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

27. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

29. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

31. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Domestication of the horse
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

37. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE

41. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

46. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE

47. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

48. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

50. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE