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