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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

2. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

4. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

5. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

6. The mammoth goes extinct.
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

7. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

10. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Newgrange Ireland
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

12. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
2600 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE

17. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

20. First dynasty of Egypt
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

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

22. Mycenaean Greece
2200 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

23. The Hallstatt culture
890 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

24. Rise of Greek city-states
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

26. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

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

29. 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
2800 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE

30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

32. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

33. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

36. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE
1046 BCE

40. First dynasty of Egypt
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

41. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1800 BCE

43. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

44. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

47. The mammoth goes extinct.
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

48. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

49. Rise of Greek city-states
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
800 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE