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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2070 BCE
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1046 BCE

4. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

5. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

6. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Mycenaean Greece
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

8. The Hallstatt culture
3000 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE

9. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

12. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

13. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

14. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

15. Alphabetic writing emerges
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

16. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE

18. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

19. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE

20. Domestication of the horse
1700 BCE
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

21. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

22. The mammoth goes extinct.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

24. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
800 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
890 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

28. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

29. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE

31. Newgrange Ireland
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE

33. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

34. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1800 BCE

35. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2675 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

36. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

37. Egyptian calendar
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE

39. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE

40. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

41. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
1500 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

42. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

43. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

44. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
890 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

45. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

49. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE