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Ancient History Timeline

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1. 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
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

2. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2200 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. Domestication of the horse
2800 BCE
2000 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE

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

5. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

6. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

7. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
2000 BCE

8. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2500 BCE
890 BCE

9. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

10. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE

11. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

12. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

13. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
1700 BCE

14. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

15. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3000 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

16. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

17. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

18. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

19. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

21. Rise of Elam in Iran
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

22. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE
2070 BCE
1500 BCE

23. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
c. 3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE

24. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
3200 BCE
800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE

25. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1020 to 930 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

26. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2675 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
2700 BCE

27. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Rise of Greek city-states
2675 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
800 BCE

29. The Hallstatt culture
1200 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1400-400 BCE

30. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE
2000 BCE

31. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
2200 BCE

32. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
c. 3000 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

33. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

34. Rise of Elam in Iran
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Skara Brae Scotland
1800 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

36. Rise of Greek city-states
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

37. 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
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
1700 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
2600 BCE
2000 BCE
1046 BCE

39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
800 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Mycenaean Greece
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
1800 BCE
1600 BCE

41. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE

42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

44. completion of Stonehenge.
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE

45. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

46. Cycladic civilization in Greece
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE
1800 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
1800 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

48. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2200 BCE
1200 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

49. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1046 BCE

50. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1800 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE