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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
1700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

2. 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
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

3. Rise of Elam in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
2700 BCE

4. Newgrange Ireland
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

5. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2675 BCE

7. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2700 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
890 BCE

10. Skara Brae Scotland
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

11. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

12. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

13. Mycenaean Greece
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

14. Rise of Greek city-states
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
800 BCE

15. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
890 BCE

16. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
2200 BCE
890 BCE

17. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

18. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2675 BCE
3000 BCE

19. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

20. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
1400-400 BCE

21. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

23. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE

24. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

25. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

26. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
3100 BCE

27. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1700 BCE

28. Domestication of the horse
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
1700 BCE

29. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2070 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

30. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

31. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE

32. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1046 BCE
3000 BCE

34. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE

36. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

37. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2675 BCE

38. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE

39. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
2000 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

40. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

41. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE

42. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1800 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE

43. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

44. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE

45. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
1200 BCE
890 BCE

46. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

47. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

48. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
2675 BCE

49. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1020 to 930 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE