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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE

2. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

3. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

4. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE

5. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

6. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

8. 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
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

10. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1046 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

11. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE

12. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

13. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
3200 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE

15. Cycladic civilization in Greece
890 BCE
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE

16. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

17. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
2800 BCE
800 BCE

19. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE

20. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE

21. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

23. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

24. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

25. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1400-400 BCE
2070 BCE
2675 BCE
3300 BCE

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

27. Rise of Elam in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
1500 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Egyptian calendar
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

29. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
1200 BCE
2675 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Domestication of the horse
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

32. Alphabetic writing emerges
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

33. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE

34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

37. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
1400-400 BCE

38. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

39. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

40. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

41. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

42. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

43. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

44. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 1180 BCE
800 BCE
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

45. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE
1500 BCE

46. Skara Brae Scotland
2800 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Newgrange Ireland
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

50. Rise of Elam in Iran
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE