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Ancient History Timeline

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






2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






3. The Hallstatt culture






4. Rise of Elam in Iran






5. Newgrange Ireland






6. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






7. Skara Brae Scotland






8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






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






10. Alphabetic writing emerges






11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






12. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






14. completion of Stonehenge.






15. First dynasty of Egypt






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






17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






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






19. Rise of Greek city-states






20. completion of Stonehenge.






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






22. Rise of Greek city-states






23. Cycladic civilization in Greece






24. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






25. Domestication of the horse






26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






27. Alphabetic writing emerges






28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






29. Egyptian calendar






30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






31. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






32. Newgrange Ireland






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






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






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






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






37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






38. The mammoth goes extinct.






39. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine






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






41. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






43. Domestication of the horse






44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






45. Rise of Elam in Iran






46. Mycenaean Greece






47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






48. The Hallstatt culture






49. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






50. Skara Brae Scotland