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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

2. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

3. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE

5. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

6. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

13. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

14. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE

15. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

20. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

21. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

29. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

31. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

33. Rise of Elam in Iran
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

36. Rise of Elam in Iran
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

37. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

38. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

42. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

43. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE

44. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

47. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

50. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE