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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

2. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

4. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
890 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

7. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

8. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

9. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE

10. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

15. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

19. Newgrange Ireland
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

20. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
890 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. completion of Stonehenge.
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

27. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

32. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

33. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

34. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1046 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

37. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

40. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

41. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

44. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Egyptian calendar
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

48. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE