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Ancient History Timeline

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1. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

2. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

3. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

4. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. Mycenaean Greece
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

6. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
1200 BCE

8. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE

9. The Hallstatt culture
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE

10. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE

11. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

12. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

13. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE

16. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

17. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

18. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

19. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

21. First dynasty of Egypt
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

22. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

24. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE

26. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE

27. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1400-400 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

28. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Skara Brae Scotland
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE

30. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

31. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

32. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
890 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

33. Skara Brae Scotland
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1200 BCE

35. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

36. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

37. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

38. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

39. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

40. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

41. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 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
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

43. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE

44. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

45. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

48. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

49. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2800 BCE

50. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE