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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE

10. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

12. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3100 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

16. The Hallstatt culture
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

17. Egyptian calendar
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

24. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 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
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

27. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE

28. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

31. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2200 BCE

32. Newgrange Ireland
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

33. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

36. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE

40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

48. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE

49. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE