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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE

2. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE

4. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

5. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2200 BCE

8. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

11. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

13. The mammoth goes extinct.
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE

17. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

18. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

19. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1046 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

20. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

21. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

22. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
800 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

27. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

30. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

32. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE

33. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

38. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE

39. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

40. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

41. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

42. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

46. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

47. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

48. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

50. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE