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