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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

3. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

4. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

5. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

6. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE

7. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

8. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

9. Rise of Greek city-states
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

15. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE

17. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

18. Egyptian calendar
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

19. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

21. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

23. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

24. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

28. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

29. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE

30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

33. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
890 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

34. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

35. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
2675 BCE

36. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE

37. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE

38. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

39. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

41. Domestication of the horse
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

42. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
3000 BCE

43. The Hallstatt culture
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

47. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
800 BCE

48. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
890 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE