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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Domestication of the horse
1600 BCE
1400-400 BCE
2000 BCE
2500 BCE

2. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
1700 BCE
2700 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

3. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

4. Rise of Greek city-states
800 BCE
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE

5. Rise of Elam in Iran
2500 BCE
2700 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

6. The mammoth goes extinct.
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
2200 BCE
2500 BCE

7. Egyptian calendar
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3200 BCE

8. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
2000 BCE
2200 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2070 BCE

9. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE

10. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2000 BCE
3100 BCE

11. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

12. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
3200 BCE
3000 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

13. The mammoth goes extinct.
800 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2500 BCE

14. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE

15. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
c. 3000 BCE
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
2700 BCE

16. Skara Brae Scotland
3100 BCE
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
2800 BCE

17. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
c. 3000 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

18. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat
2070 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2600 BCE
3100 BCE

19. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

20. Alphabetic writing emerges
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
1800 BCE
1500 BCE

21. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2700 BCE
2700 BCE
890 BCE
1046 BCE

22. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
1200 BCE
1200 BCE
2800 BCE
2675 BCE

23. Mycenaean Greece
3200 BCE
1600 BCE
3200 BCE
2600 BCE

24. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
1046 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

25. Egyptian calendar
3300 BCE
3300 BCE
2500 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE

26. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE
3300 BCE

27. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
2800 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE

28. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
2600 BCE
1046 BCE
1500 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

29. Newgrange Ireland
1020 to 930 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3000 BCE
3300 BCE

30. First dynasty of Egypt
2700 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
2700 BCE
3100 BCE

31. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2000 BCE

32. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
3100 BCE
2700 BCE

33. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
2600 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2200 BCE

34. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3100 BCE
890 BCE
3100 BCE
800 BCE

35. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
1500 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
1600 BCE
2070 BCE

36. 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
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

37. The Hallstatt culture
3200 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE

38. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE
3200 BCE

39. Skara Brae Scotland
Circa 3500 BCE
3100 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

40. completion of Stonehenge.
2700 BCE
2800 BCE
2200 BCE
3000 BCE

41. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2600 BCE
2600 BCE
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

42. completion of Stonehenge.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

43. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2600 BCE

44. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1600 BCE

45. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
1046 BCE
2500 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

46. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
3000 BCE
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

47. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE

48. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
1700 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

49. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
1800 BCE
3300 BCE
1500 BCE
2200 BCE

50. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3100 BCE
3000 BCE
800 BCE
2800 BCE