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Ancient History Timeline
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1. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE
3. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
4. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
5. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
6. Domestication of the horse
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
7. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
8. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
9. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
10. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
11. Alphabetic writing emerges
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
12. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
13. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
800 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
14. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
15. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
17. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
18. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
19. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
21. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
23. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
24. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1700 BCE
25. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
26. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
27. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
28. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
29. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
30. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
31. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
32. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE
33. The Hallstatt culture
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
36. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
37. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
38. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
39. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
40. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
41. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
42. The mammoth goes extinct.
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
43. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
44. First dynasty of Egypt
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
46. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
47. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
48. First dynasty of Egypt
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
49. Rise of Elam in Iran
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
50. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE