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Ancient History Timeline

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1. Sumerian cuneiform writing system.
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

2. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1046 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
3300 BCE

3. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2200 BCE
1500 BCE
2700 BCE
2675 BCE

4. Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors period in China
2800 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
3300 BCE

5. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
2700 BCE
1700 BCE
3000 BCE
3200 BCE

6. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
3200 BCE
2600 BCE
3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

7. Beginning of Hittite dominance of the Eastern Mediterranean region
1600 BCE
Circa 3500 BCE
1800 BCE
2800 BCE

8. Indus Valley Civilization comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture; The beginning of Poverty Point Civilization in North America
3300 BCE
1700 BCE
2500 BCE
2800 BCE

9. First known use of papyrus by Egyptians
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
1600 BCE

10. Mycenaean Greece
2800 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2700 BCE

11. Rise of Greek city-states
1600 BCE
800 BCE
3300 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE

12. Jiroft civilization Begins in Iran
1020 to 930 BCE
3000 BCE
1500 BCE
2675 BCE

13. Cycladic civilization in Greece
3200 BCE
3300 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE

14. Hakra Phase of theIndus Valley Civilization begins in theIndian Sub-continent.
2000 BCE
2500 BCE
1046 BCE
3300 BCE

15. Rise of Elam in Iran
2600 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE

16. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

17. The Hallstatt culture
2700 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2675 BCE
1200 BCE

18. The beginning of Shang Dynasty in China - evidence of a fully developed Chinese writing system
2675 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
2500 BCE

19. The mammoth goes extinct.
1800 BCE
2500 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE

20. Domestication of the horse
2070 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
2000 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

21. 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
1700 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE

22. Newgrange Ireland
3300 BCE
1600 BCE
3000 BCE
2700 BCE

23. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
1600 BCE

24. Mycenaean Greece
1600 BCE
3300 BCE
3000 BCE
890 BCE

25. The Hallstatt culture
1400-400 BCE
1046 BCE
1200 BCE
3300 BCE

26. Norte Chico civilization begins in Peru
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
2700 BCE

27. The Zhou force (led by King Wu of Zhou) overthrow the last king of Shang Dynasty; Zhou Dynasty established in China
3300 BCE
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2200 BCE

28. Stonehenge construction begins.In its first version - it consisted of a circular ditch and bank - with 56 wooden posts.
c. 3000 BCE
2800 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

29. Domestication of the horse
1046 BCE
1600 BCE
2800 BCE
2000 BCE

30. Egyptian calendar
Circa 3500 BCE
1600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
c. 1180 BCE

31. First dynasty of Egypt
3100 BCE
1600 BCE
1046 BCE
c. 3000 BCE

32. Newgrange Ireland
3200 BCE
2700 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

33. Alphabetic writing emerges
2070 BCE
1046 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

34. Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the Ukraine
1200 BCE
2600 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE

35. Mature Harappan phase of theIndus Valley civilization (in present-day Pakistan andIndia) begins
1020 to 930 BCE
3300 BCE
2800 BCE
2600 BCE

36. Rise of Proto-Elamite Civilization in Iran
2000 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE
2800 BCE

37. The mammoth goes extinct.
3000 BCE
2675 BCE
2500 BCE
2700 BCE

38. King Khufu completes construction of Great Pyramid of Giza.
2800 BCE
2675 BCE
3200 BCE
2200 BCE

39. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
3200 BCE
c. 3000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
890 BCE

40. Skara Brae Scotland
2500 BCE
2600 BCE
1800 BCE
3100 BCE

41. Composition of the Rigveda is completed
3000 BCE
2700 BCE
1500 BCE
2070 BCE

42. Disintegration of Hittite Empire
Circa 3500 BCE
3300 BCE
c. 1180 BCE
3200 BCE

43. Yu the Great established the Xia Dynasty in China
1800 BCE
1600 BCE
2600 BCE
2070 BCE

44. Olmec civilization flourishes in Pre-Columbian Mexico - during Mesoamerica'sFormative period
1400-400 BCE
1700 BCE
3300 BCE
1200 BCE

45. Approximate date for the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey
2800 BCE
890 BCE
800 BCE
2700 BCE

46. completion of Stonehenge.
1046 BCE
3100 BCE
3300 BCE
2200 BCE

47. Minoan Civilization ancient palace city Knossos reach 80000 inhabitants
2700 BCE
1600 BCE
1200 BCE
800 BCE

48. First dynasty of Egypt
c. 3000 BCE
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
1600 BCE

49. Bronze Age begins in the Near East
3100 BCE
2600 BCE
3300 BCE
3200 BCE

50. The beginning of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) occurred sometime between these dates
3300 BCE
2000 BCE
1020 to 930 BCE
2800 BCE