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