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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Domestication of the horse
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

3. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

4. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

5. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

6. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

9. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

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

11. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
1800 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

16. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

17. Mycenaean Greece
890 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE

18. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

19. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

21. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

23. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

24. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
1200 BCE

25. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

26. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

27. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

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

33. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

37. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

40. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

43. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

45. The Hallstatt culture
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE

46. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

47. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

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