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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

2. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 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
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

5. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2675 BCE

8. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

9. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
890 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

13. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

14. completion of Stonehenge.
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

15. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

17. completion of Stonehenge.
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

18. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3000 BCE

19. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE

20. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

21. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

25. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

28. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

29. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

30. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

31. The mammoth goes extinct.
800 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

33. Mycenaean Greece
890 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE

36. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

37. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

43. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE

44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

45. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Alphabetic writing emerges
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE

48. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

49. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE