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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

3. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

6. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

7. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Mycenaean Greece
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE

10. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

17. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

18. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

19. The mammoth goes extinct.
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

20. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Domestication of the horse
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 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
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

24. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

29. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

31. completion of Stonehenge.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

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

39. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

40. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

42. Newgrange Ireland
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Skara Brae Scotland
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE