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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.






2. Pharaonic rule in Egypt begins.






3. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






4. Disintegration of Hittite Empire






5. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






6. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran






7. Completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.






8. Rise of Elam in Iran






9. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






10. Alphabetic writing emerges






11. Kot Diji phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins






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






13. completion of Stonehenge.






14. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates






15. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China






16. The Hallstatt culture






17. Egyptian calendar






18. Bronze Age begins in the Near East






19. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins






20. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region






21. Cycladic civilization in Greece






22. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period






23. Cycladic civilization in Greece






24. Rise of Greek city-states






25. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran






26. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America






27. completion of Stonehenge.






28. Domestication of the horse






29. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey






30. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






31. Composition of the Rigveda is completed






32. Newgrange Ireland






33. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






34. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.






35. Mycenaean Greece






36. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians






37. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.






38. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants






39. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.






40. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






41. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China






42. Emergence of Maya culture in the Yucat






43. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru






44. Skara Brae Scotland






45. Mycenaean Greece






46. Egyptian calendar






47. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China






48. Rise of Greek city-states






49. The mammoth goes extinct.






50. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran