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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

2. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Domestication of the horse
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE

4. 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
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

5. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

7. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE

8. Rise of Greek city-states
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE

9. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

13. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
800 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

15. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

17. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

18. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

19. Domestication of the horse
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

20. Egyptian calendar
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE

21. Newgrange Ireland
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
1200 BCE

23. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

26. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

28. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

29. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

31. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

32. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE

34. Egyptian calendar
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE

37. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

39. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

40. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE

44. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

45. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

46. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

48. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

49. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

50. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE