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Ancient History Timeline

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1. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

2. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

3. The mammoth goes extinct.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

4. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

5. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

9. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

10. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

14. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE

15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Domestication of the horse
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 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
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

19. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

20. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

21. Skara Brae Scotland
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

22. completion of Stonehenge.
890 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

24. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

27. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Alphabetic writing emerges
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

31. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE

32. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

35. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE

36. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

38. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

47. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE