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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE

3. Rise of Elam in Iran
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

5. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

6. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

8. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

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

10. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

11. The Hallstatt culture
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Alphabetic writing emerges
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

13. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

15. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

16. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE

17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

19. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
800 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

20. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

21. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

22. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

23. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

24. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

25. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
890 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE

30. Newgrange Ireland
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

31. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE

32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

33. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1500 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

34. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

35. First dynasty of Egypt
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

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

40. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE

41. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

42. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

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

44. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE

45. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

48. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

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