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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

2. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

3. 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
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Egyptian calendar
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

5. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

6. 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
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

8. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

12. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE

13. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

14. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Domestication of the horse
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

16. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

18. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
800 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

28. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

31. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

33. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE

35. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

36. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE

37. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

38. Rise of Elam in Iran
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

40. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

41. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

43. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Mycenaean Greece
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

48. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

49. First dynasty of Egypt
2200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE