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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Newgrange Ireland
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE

2. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE

8. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2070 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

10. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

11. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

12. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

14. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3100 BCE

15. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

16. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

17. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

18. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

19. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE

20. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

24. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

25. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

26. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

27. Rise of Greek city-states
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

29. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

31. The mammoth goes extinct.
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE

32. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

33. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

34. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE

38. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

40. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE

43. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

44. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Alphabetic writing emerges
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

46. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

48. Alphabetic writing emerges
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

50. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE