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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The Hallstatt culture
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

2. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

7. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

8. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

11. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

12. Cycladic civilization in Greece
890 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

13. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE

14. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

15. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

18. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

19. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

20. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

21. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

22. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

23. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE

24. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

25. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

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

27. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Newgrange Ireland
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

29. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

33. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

35. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE

37. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

38. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE

39. completion of Stonehenge.
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

40. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

41. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

43. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE

44. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

45. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

46. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

47. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Egyptian calendar
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE