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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
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE

2. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

3. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
2675 BCE

4. Rise of Elam in Iran
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

5. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

7. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

8. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

9. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE

10. Alphabetic writing emerges
890 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

11. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

12. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
2070 BCE

13. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

14. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

15. First dynasty of Egypt
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

16. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

17. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2675 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

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

19. Rise of Greek city-states
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

20. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

22. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE

23. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

24. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

25. Domestication of the horse
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

26. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

27. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE

28. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Egyptian calendar
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. Newgrange Ireland
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

34. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

35. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

37. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

38. The mammoth goes extinct.
1400-400 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

40. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE

41. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

44. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
890 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3200 BCE

45. Rise of Elam in Iran
2200 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

46. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

48. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

49. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE