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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

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

3. 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
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE

4. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

5. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

7. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

8. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE

10. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

12. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

13. 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
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

17. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

18. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

19. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

20. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Egyptian calendar
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

23. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

24. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. Mycenaean Greece
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

29. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

32. Egyptian calendar
800 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

34. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

35. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE

40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

42. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

46. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

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

49. Mycenaean Greece
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE

50. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE