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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

4. First dynasty of Egypt
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

5. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

7. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

10. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

11. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE

13. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE

14. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
800 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

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

17. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

18. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE

22. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
800 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

26. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Mycenaean Greece
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

29. completion of Stonehenge.
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

30. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

32. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
890 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE

34. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Newgrange Ireland
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

40. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

41. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

43. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Newgrange Ireland
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

46. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE

49. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE