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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Rise of Greek city-states
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
800 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

3. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE

4. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2070 BCE
1700 BCE
1700 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2700 BCE

6. Rise of Greek city-states
2800 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
3300 BCE

7. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
3200 BCE

9. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2700 BCE

10. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
c. 3000 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

11. Skara Brae Scotland
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
1800 BCE
890 BCE

12. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
3200 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

13. 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
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

14. completion of Stonehenge.
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2700 BCE
3200 BCE
2800 BCE
2070 BCE

16. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2070 BCE

17. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2070 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
3000 BCE

18. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
2700 BCE
2675 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

19. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
2700 BCE
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
2000 BCE

20. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
1400-400 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

21. The mammoth goes extinct.
2200 BCE
2500 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE

22. Egyptian calendar
2000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

23. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1700 BCE
1046 BCE
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

24. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
1800 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

25. The Hallstatt culture
2600 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

27. Mycenaean Greece
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1046 BCE

28. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

29. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

30. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3300 BCE
2600 BCE
1500 BCE
2800 BCE

31. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3100 BCE

32. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
2600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
1600 BCE

33. Skara Brae Scotland
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

34. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

35. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
c. 3000 BCE
2070 BCE
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE

36. Alphabetic writing emerges
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2500 BCE
2600 BCE

37. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
c. 1180 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

38. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
2800 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

39. First dynasty of Egypt
1200 BCE
3200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

40. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE
2600 BCE

41. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.
1400-400 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE
800 BCE

42. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

43. Domestication of the horse
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

44. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
2700 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE

45. The mammoth goes extinct.
890 BCE
2600 BCE
800 BCE
2500 BCE

46. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1200 BCE

47. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. First dynasty of Egypt
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

50. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
890 BCE
2700 BCE