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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

3. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

5. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE

6. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE

16. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Mycenaean Greece
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

18. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

19. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
800 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

20. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Egyptian calendar
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

23. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

24. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Domestication of the horse
1500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

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

29. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

30. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

31. Alphabetic writing emerges
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

32. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
2200 BCE

36. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

38. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE

39. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

40. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

41. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

42. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE

43. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

44. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

46. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

47. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
800 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

49. The Hallstatt culture
2070 BCE
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE

50. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE