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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

4. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE

7. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE

8. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

10. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

11. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

18. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

19. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

20. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

21. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE

22. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Newgrange Ireland
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

26. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
890 BCE

27. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

28. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

29. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

30. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

31. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

33. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

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

35. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

36. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

37. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

38. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

41. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE

45. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE

46. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1200 BCE

48. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

49. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

50. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE