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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

2. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

3. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

4. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

5. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. 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
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

7. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE

10. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

11. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

13. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

14. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2000 BCE

15. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

16. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

17. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE

18. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE

19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

20. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

21. First dynasty of Egypt
1020 to 930 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE

22. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

23. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

24. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE

26. Rise of Greek city-states
Circa 3500 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

27. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

28. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

29. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE

31. Rise of Elam in Iran
1700 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

32. Rise of Elam in Iran
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE

33. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

35. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE

40. completion of Stonehenge.
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

41. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
1800 BCE

44. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1600 BCE

46. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

47. The mammoth goes extinct.
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE

48. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Egyptian calendar
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE

50. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE