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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Mycenaean Greece
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

7. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE
1500 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Alphabetic writing emerges
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

13. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

14. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

21. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

26. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

27. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1500 BCE

28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

30. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. 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
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

34. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE

36. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

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

39. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE

42. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

44. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

47. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

49. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

50. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE