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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

2. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2200 BCE

3. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

4. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

6. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE

7. completion of Stonehenge.
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

8. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

9. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

10. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

12. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
2600 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

14. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
2600 BCE

15. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1046 BCE
800 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

16. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1200 BCE

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

18. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
1200 BCE

19. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

20. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

21. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

22. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

23. Skara Brae Scotland
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE

24. The Hallstatt culture
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. First dynasty of Egypt
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

27. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE

28. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

29. The mammoth goes extinct.
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE

30. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

32. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

33. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE

34. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE

35. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE

36. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

37. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
1046 BCE
3200 BCE

38. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

39. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

40. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

41. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

43. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
1700 BCE

44. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

45. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE
1800 BCE

46. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE

47. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

50. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE