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Ancient History Timeline

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1. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






2. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






3. The mammoth goes extinct.






4. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






5. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






7. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






9. Mycenaean Greece






10. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






11. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






12. Skara Brae Scotland






13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






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






17. Domestication of the horse






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






19. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






20. Newgrange Ireland






21. Skara Brae Scotland






22. completion of Stonehenge.






23. Cycladic civilization in Greece






24. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






27. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






29. Alphabetic writing emerges






30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






31. The Hallstatt culture






32. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






33. Rise of Greek city-states






34. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






35. Domestication of the horse






36. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






38. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






39. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






41. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






42. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






45. Egyptian calendar






46. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






47. Egyptian calendar






48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






49. Rise of Elam in Iran






50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China