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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

3. Egyptian calendar
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

10. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

12. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

15. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Domestication of the horse
1200 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

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

22. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE

23. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

24. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
800 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

27. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. The mammoth goes extinct.
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

30. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

31. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

32. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3100 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE

33. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

34. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

35. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Rise of Elam in Iran
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE

41. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2000 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

42. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE

44. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE

46. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

47. 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
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

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

49. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE

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