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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE

2. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

3. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
890 BCE
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

4. First dynasty of Egypt
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

5. Mycenaean Greece
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

6. 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. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE

7. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
890 BCE
3000 BCE

8. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

9. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

10. 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
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

11. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
1700 BCE
800 BCE
1400-400 BCE

12. The mammoth goes extinct.
2500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
1200 BCE

13. completion of Stonehenge.
3100 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE

14. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
c. 3000 BCE
1800 BCE
2600 BCE
1700 BCE

15. Domestication of the horse
890 BCE
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
2600 BCE

16. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

17. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE

18. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
2070 BCE
800 BCE

19. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

20. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2000 BCE
1500 BCE

21. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1500 BCE

22. Skara Brae Scotland
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE

23. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1200 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

24. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
2600 BCE
2600 BCE

25. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2675 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
890 BCE

26. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2200 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE

28. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3200 BCE
2500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
1500 BCE
2000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE

30. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

31. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE

32. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

33. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
890 BCE
2000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

35. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE

36. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2800 BCE
1700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

37. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
2070 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Skara Brae Scotland
2675 BCE
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

39. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3100 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

40. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

41. Cycladic civilization in Greece
890 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE

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

43. Mycenaean Greece
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1046 BCE

45. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

46. Rise of Greek city-states
3100 BCE
800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3000 BCE

47. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1046 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

48. Egyptian calendar
3200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
800 BCE
3000 BCE

49. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE
2700 BCE

50. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
3200 BCE
800 BCE