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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

4. Alphabetic writing emerges
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
2800 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE

8. completion of Stonehenge.
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

9. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 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
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 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
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE

17. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

20. First dynasty of Egypt
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

26. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

27. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

28. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE

29. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

30. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

31. Rise of Greek city-states
1700 BCE
800 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

40. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

41. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

43. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Rise of Greek city-states
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

49. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE