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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

3. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

6. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

8. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

9. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE

10. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

14. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

17. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

19. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2070 BCE

22. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

24. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

28. Mycenaean Greece
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

30. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

32. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Skara Brae Scotland
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

37. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

38. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

40. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
890 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE

41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

43. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

44. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

46. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE

48. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

50. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE