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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

2. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

3. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE

4. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2700 BCE
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

5. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

6. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

8. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

9. Newgrange Ireland
890 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2675 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

11. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Rise of Greek city-states
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
2070 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

14. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

15. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

17. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1020 to 930 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

18. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

19. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 1180 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

22. Rise of Greek city-states
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

23. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

24. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

25. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

26. Mycenaean Greece
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

27. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

28. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1700 BCE

30. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE

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

32. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

33. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

34. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

37. Alphabetic writing emerges
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

38. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

39. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

40. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3000 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

42. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1800 BCE

43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

44. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
3100 BCE
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

46. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

47. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Cycladic civilization in Greece
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

49. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
2000 BCE