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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
3100 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

2. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

3. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2800 BCE
2070 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Mycenaean Greece
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1400-400 BCE
1500 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3200 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

8. Rise of Elam in Iran
1500 BCE
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE

9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

10. First dynasty of Egypt
800 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE

11. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

12. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
2000 BCE
1700 BCE
2200 BCE
3300 BCE

13. Rise of Greek city-states
2200 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
2675 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE

15. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE

16. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2675 BCE

17. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1600 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3200 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
2500 BCE

20. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
2070 BCE

21. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE

22. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
2200 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE

24. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE
2070 BCE

25. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
890 BCE

26. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE

28. Domestication of the horse
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
3000 BCE

29. The Hallstatt culture
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
1046 BCE

30. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

31. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
3000 BCE

32. 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
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE

33. Alphabetic writing emerges
c. 3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

34. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2500 BCE

35. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3300 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1400-400 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

37. First dynasty of Egypt
2200 BCE
800 BCE
3100 BCE
3000 BCE

38. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

39. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
1200 BCE

40. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

41. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE

43. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1046 BCE
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE

44. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

45. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

46. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3100 BCE

47. Newgrange Ireland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

48. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1500 BCE
1046 BCE

49. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1700 BCE

50. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE