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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

3. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
c. 1180 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

5. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
890 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

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

8. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

9. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2500 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE

11. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

12. Egyptian calendar
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

13. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
1800 BCE

14. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE

15. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

16. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

18. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

20. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1800 BCE
890 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2675 BCE

21. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE

22. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE

23. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

24. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE

25. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

30. Rise of Greek city-states
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

32. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE

33. The mammoth goes extinct.
1020 to 930 BCE
2700 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE

34. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

35. Mycenaean Greece
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

36. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE

37. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE
1600 BCE

38. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

39. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

40. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2500 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

43. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
800 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
890 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

45. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE

46. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE

47. completion of Stonehenge.
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE

48. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
1046 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
890 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE