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Ancient History Timeline
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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3. completion of Stonehenge.
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
4. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
5. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
6. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
7. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2500 BCE
8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
9. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
10. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
11. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
13. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
14. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
16. Mycenaean Greece
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
17. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
18. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
19. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
20. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
23. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
24. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
25. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
26. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
27. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
28. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
29. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
30. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
31. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
32. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
34. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
36. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
37. Newgrange Ireland
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
38. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
39. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
40. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
41. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
42. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
43. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
44. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
45. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
46. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
47. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
49. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
50. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE