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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

2. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

4. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

6. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE

7. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

9. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

10. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

13. First dynasty of Egypt
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

14. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE

16. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

17. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

18. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
890 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

21. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

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

25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

26. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

30. The Hallstatt culture
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

31. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE

33. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE

34. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE

35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

38. The Hallstatt culture
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

40. Cycladic civilization in Greece
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

41. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

46. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

47. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

49. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
890 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

50. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE