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Ancient History Timeline
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1. The Hallstatt culture
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
3. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
4. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
5. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
6. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
7. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
8. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
11. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
890 BCE
13. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE
14. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE
15. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
18. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
19. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
21. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
22. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
23. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
24. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
26. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
27. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
28. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
29. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
30. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2500 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
31. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
32. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
33. Domestication of the horse
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
34. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
35. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
36. The mammoth goes extinct.
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
37. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
38. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
39. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
40. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
41. Egyptian calendar
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
43. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
45. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
46. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
47. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
48. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
49. Rise of Elam in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
50. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE