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