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Ancient History Timeline

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






2. Rise of Elam in Iran






3. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






4. Newgrange Ireland






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






6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






7. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






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






9. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






10. completion of Stonehenge.






11. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






12. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






13. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






14. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






15. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






16. Egyptian calendar






17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






18. Cycladic civilization in Greece






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






20. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






21. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






22. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






23. The mammoth goes extinct.






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






25. Rise of Elam in Iran






26. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






27. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






28. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






29. Skara Brae Scotland






30. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






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






32. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






33. Cycladic civilization in Greece






34. Domestication of the horse






35. Egyptian calendar






36. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






37. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






38. Mycenaean Greece






39. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






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






41. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






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






43. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






45. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






46. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






47. First dynasty of Egypt






48. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






49. The mammoth goes extinct.






50. Alphabetic writing emerges