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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

7. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

8. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

9. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE

10. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE

11. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE

13. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE

14. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

15. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE

16. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

17. Mycenaean Greece
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

19. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

21. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

22. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

24. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

26. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

27. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

28. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

30. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

31. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE

33. The mammoth goes extinct.
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

35. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

36. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

40. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE

43. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

44. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

46. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
800 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

48. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

49. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

50. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE