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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

2. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

4. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE

5. Rise of Greek city-states
3000 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

6. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

8. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
890 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

9. completion of Stonehenge.
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

11. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

14. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

16. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

18. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

19. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1500 BCE

21. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

23. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

24. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

25. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

27. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1800 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

30. Domestication of the horse
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

33. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE

34. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

35. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

36. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

37. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE

38. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

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

40. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE

41. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

42. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

43. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1800 BCE

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

45. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

46. completion of Stonehenge.
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

47. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

49. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

50. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE