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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Egyptian calendar
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

3. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

4. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

6. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

7. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

9. First dynasty of Egypt
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

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

11. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

13. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

14. The mammoth goes extinct.
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE

21. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

23. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE

24. Mycenaean Greece
800 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

27. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

30. Rise of Elam in Iran
800 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2500 BCE

32. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

33. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

37. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

39. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE

40. 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
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

44. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

46. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Rise of Elam in Iran
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

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

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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