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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

2. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

3. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1200 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

7. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

8. 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
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

10. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Newgrange Ireland
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

14. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE

17. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

20. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE

23. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

26. First dynasty of Egypt
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

30. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Rise of Greek city-states
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

32. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

34. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

36. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

37. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

38. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

40. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

41. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2000 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

43. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

45. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

48. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Domestication of the horse
890 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE