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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Skara Brae Scotland
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE

2. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

3. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

4. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

6. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE

7. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

8. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

9. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

10. Alphabetic writing emerges
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE

11. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

12. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

13. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

14. Alphabetic writing emerges
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

15. The mammoth goes extinct.
1600 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

16. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

17. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE

18. The mammoth goes extinct.
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

19. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3100 BCE
2675 BCE

20. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

21. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

22. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1200 BCE
1700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

24. First dynasty of Egypt
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

25. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3200 BCE

27. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

28. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

30. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

31. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

32. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

33. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

34. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

36. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

37. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

38. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
1400-400 BCE

40. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE

42. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

43. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1600 BCE

44. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

45. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

46. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

47. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

49. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

50. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1500 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE