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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Egyptian calendar






2. Rise of Elam in Iran






3. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






7. First dynasty of Egypt






8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






10. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






12. Egyptian calendar






13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






14. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






15. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






16. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






17. Newgrange Ireland






18. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






19. Mycenaean Greece






20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






21. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






22. Newgrange Ireland






23. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






24. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






26. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






29. Domestication of the horse






30. Rise of Greek city-states






31. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






32. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






33. The mammoth goes extinct.






34. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






35. Mycenaean Greece






36. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






37. The Hallstatt culture






38. The Hallstatt culture






39. Skara Brae Scotland






40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






41. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






43. Skara Brae Scotland






44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






45. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






46. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






47. completion of Stonehenge.






48. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






49. Rise of Elam in Iran






50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region