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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

2. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

4. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

5. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

6. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 1180 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

9. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

10. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

11. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE

12. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

14. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

15. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE

17. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

18. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE

22. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

23. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

27. completion of Stonehenge.
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE

28. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

29. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

30. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE

31. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Rise of Greek city-states
1200 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

33. Mycenaean Greece
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

35. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2675 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

37. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

38. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

39. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

40. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

42. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

44. First dynasty of Egypt
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

45. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE

46. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE