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Ancient History Timeline

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1. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
800 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

4. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

5. 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
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1700 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE

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

10. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

11. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

13. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

14. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

15. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

18. Cycladic civilization in Greece
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE

21. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

31. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE

32. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE

33. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

34. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE

35. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE

36. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 1180 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE

38. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

39. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

40. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE

41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

42. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1046 BCE

43. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

47. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

49. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE