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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Domestication of the horse






2. Skara Brae Scotland






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






4. completion of Stonehenge.






5. Rise of Elam in Iran






6. completion of Stonehenge.






7. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






8. Mycenaean Greece






9. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






10. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






11. The mammoth goes extinct.






12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






15. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






16. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






18. The Hallstatt culture






19. The Hallstatt culture






20. Rise of Greek city-states






21. First dynasty of Egypt






22. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






23. Domestication of the horse






24. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






25. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






27. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






28. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






30. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






31. Rise of Greek city-states






32. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






33. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






34. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






36. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






38. Mycenaean Greece






39. Cycladic civilization in Greece






40. First dynasty of Egypt






41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






42. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






43. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






44. Alphabetic writing emerges






45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






46. Skara Brae Scotland






47. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






48. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






49. Alphabetic writing emerges






50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat