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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

2. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 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
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

4. completion of Stonehenge.
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

6. Mycenaean Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE

7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

9. Alphabetic writing emerges
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

18. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

19. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

22. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

26. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

27. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

28. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Egyptian calendar
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

37. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

41. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

42. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

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

45. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

48. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

50. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE