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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

2. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

4. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

5. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE

9. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

10. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

13. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

17. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

19. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

22. 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
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

25. 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
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

26. Skara Brae Scotland
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

27. The Hallstatt culture
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

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

31. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE

32. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

34. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

36. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

37. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

38. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

39. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

47. completion of Stonehenge.
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE

48. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE

50. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
800 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE