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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






2. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






3. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






4. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






5. Alphabetic writing emerges






6. completion of Stonehenge.






7. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






8. The mammoth goes extinct.






9. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






10. Rise of Elam in Iran






11. Egyptian calendar






12. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






13. Rise of Greek city-states






14. Mycenaean Greece






15. The Hallstatt culture






16. First dynasty of Egypt






17. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






19. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






20. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






21. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






22. Skara Brae Scotland






23. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






24. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






25. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






26. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system






27. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






28. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






29. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






31. Newgrange Ireland






32. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






33. Skara Brae Scotland






34. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






35. completion of Stonehenge.






36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






38. Mycenaean Greece






39. Egyptian calendar






40. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






41. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America






42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






43. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






44. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






45. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






46. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






47. Cycladic civilization in Greece






48. Rise of Greek city-states






49. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






50. Domestication of the horse