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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

3. Alphabetic writing emerges
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

11. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

12. First dynasty of Egypt
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

16. Rise of Elam in Iran
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

19. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

21. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

24. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Newgrange Ireland
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE

27. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2000 BCE

28. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

30. 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
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

32. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

33. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

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

35. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Egyptian calendar
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

37. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

38. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

39. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

41. Mycenaean Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE

44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2675 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

47. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

48. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

49. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE