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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

2. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE

5. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

8. The mammoth goes extinct.
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

9. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Rise of Elam in Iran
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Egyptian calendar
2675 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE

12. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Mycenaean Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

15. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

16. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

17. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
890 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

21. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

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

24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

26. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

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

29. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

31. Newgrange Ireland
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

34. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

35. completion of Stonehenge.
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE

38. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. 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
2800 BCE
890 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Rise of Greek city-states
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

49. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE