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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE

2. completion of Stonehenge.
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
890 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

6. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE

8. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

9. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

10. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

13. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
800 BCE

15. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

16. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Newgrange Ireland
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

18. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

19. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Skara Brae Scotland
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

22. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
800 BCE

23. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

26. The mammoth goes extinct.
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

27. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

28. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

29. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

32. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Rise of Elam in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. Rise of Greek city-states
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

35. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE

36. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

38. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

39. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3000 BCE
800 BCE
1700 BCE
1046 BCE

40. 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
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

42. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

44. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

45. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

47. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE

48. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

49. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

50. Alphabetic writing emerges
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE