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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

2. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE

3. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

4. The mammoth goes extinct.
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

6. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

7. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

10. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

12. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Domestication of the horse
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Egyptian calendar
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

17. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

20. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2200 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
800 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

23. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Mycenaean Greece
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

26. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
800 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE

30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

31. The Hallstatt culture
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

33. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

38. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE

43. Alphabetic writing emerges
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

45. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

47. The Hallstatt culture
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

49. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

50. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE