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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

2. Skara Brae Scotland
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE

3. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

5. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

9. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

14. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
2200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

17. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

19. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

25. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

26. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

28. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

30. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

31. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

32. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

39. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2675 BCE

42. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

43. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

44. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

45. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
890 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

50. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE