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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

2. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

3. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

5. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

6. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

7. 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
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

13. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

14. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE

15. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

17. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

19. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

22. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

24. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

26. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

32. Skara Brae Scotland
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

34. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

36. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

40. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE

41. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

44. The mammoth goes extinct.
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

45. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

46. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

49. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

50. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE