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Timeline Of Ancient History
This timeline of ancient history lists historical events of the documented ancient past from the beginning of recorded history until the Early Middle Ages. Prior to this time period, prehistory civilizations were pre-literate and did not have written language. Millennia: 4th millennium BCE - 3rd millennium BCE - 2nd millennium BCE - 1st millennium BCE - 1st millennium Centuries: 34th BCE - 33rd BCE - 32nd BCE - 31st BCE - 30th BCE - 29th BCE - 28th BCE - 27th BCE - 26th BCE - 25th BCE - 24th BCE - 23rd BCE - 22nd BCE - 21st BCE - 20th BCE - 19th BCE - 18th BCE - 17th BCE - 16th BCE - 15th BCE - 14th BCE - 13th BCE - 12th BCE - 11th BCE - 10th BCE - 9th BCE - 8th BC - 7th BC - 6th BC - 5th BC - 4th BC - 3rd BC - 2nd BC - 1st BC - 1st CE - 2nd CE - 3rd CE - 4th The Bronze Age was the period in human practices, religious beliefs and artistic styles, although this was not always the case. Early history *c. 3200 BCE: Sumerian cuneif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chronology
Chronology (from Latin ''chronologia'', from Ancient Greek , ''chrónos'', "time"; and , '' -logia'') is the science of arranging events in their order of occurrence in time. Consider, for example, the use of a timeline or sequence of events. It is also "the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events".Memidex/WordNet, "chronology,memidex.com (accessed September 25, 2010). Chronology is a part of periodization. It is also a part of the discipline of history including earth history, the earth sciences, and study of the geologic time scale. Related fields Chronology is the science of locating historical events in time. It relies upon chronometry, which is also known as timekeeping, and historiography, which examines the writing of history and the use of historical methods. Radiocarbon dating estimates the age of formerly living things by measuring the proportion of carbon-14 isotope in their carbon content. Dendrochronology estimates the age of trees by corre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Century BCE
The 27th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2700 BC to 2601 BC. Events *c. 2750–2600 BC: Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia. *c. 2700 BC: The beginning of statuary in Egypt, with shale and limestone statues of Khasekhemwy created in Nekhen. *c. 2698 BC: The supposed beginning of the mythical reign of the legendary Yellow Emperor. *c. 2686–2613 BC: Third Dynasty of Egypt, consisting of the reigns of Djoser, Sekhemkhet, Sanakht (Nebka), Khaba and Huni. **Imhotep, vizier and architect of Djoser, constructs the Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt's earliest stone edifice, in Saqqara. *c. 2650 BC: The supposed reign of the semi-legendary Sumerian king Gilgamesh. *c. 2650 BC: Abandonment of the Mature Harappan settlement at Kalibangan due to the drying-up of the Ghaggar River. *c. 2613–2494 BC: Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. **c. 2670–2620 BC: The reign of the pharaoh Sneferu and his vizier Nefermaat. Sneferu leads a campaign in Nubia and returns with about 7,000 prisoners, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Century BCE
The 14th century BC was the century that lasted from the year 1400 BC until 1301 BC. Events * 1350 – 1250 BC: The Bajío phase of the San Lorenzo site in Mexico; large public buildings are constructed. * Pastoral nomadism develops in the steppes of Central Asia; cattle are watched on horseback. Middle East * 1400 – 1250 BC: The heyday of the Phoenician city of Ugarit. A written alphabet is attested by Ugaritic texts. * c. 1380 – 1336 BC: The reign of Šuppiluliuma I, who leads the Hittite Empire The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centra ... to its peak. Šuppiluliuma I conquers the weakened Hurrians, Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni in the second half of the century. Assyria is emancipated under Ashur-uballit I. * 1372 – 1350 BC: Akhetaton (Amarna) is constructed as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15th Century BCE
The 15th century BC was the century that lasted from 1500 BC to 1401 BC. Events * 1504 BC – 1492 BC: Egypt conquers Nubia and the Levant. * 1500 BC – 1400 BC: The Battle of the Ten Kings took place around this time. * 1500 BC: Coalescence of a number of cultural traits including undecorated pottery, megalithic burials, and millet-bean-rice agriculture indicate the beginning of the Mumun Pottery Period on the Korean peninsula. * c. 1490 BC: Cranaus, legendary King of Athens, is deposed after a reign of 10 years by his son-in-law Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha. * 1487 BC: Amphictyon, son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and legendary King of Athens, dies after a reign of 10 years and is succeeded by Erichthonius I of Athens, a grandson of Cranaus. * c. 1480 BC: Queen Hatshepsut succeeded by her stepson and nephew Thutmosis III. Period of greatest Egyptian expansion (4th Nile cataract to the Euphrates). * c. 1469 BC: In the Battle of Megiddo, Egypt d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th Century BCE
The 16th century BC is a century that lasted from 1600 BC to 1501 BC. Events * 1700 BC – 1500 BC: Hurrian conquests. * 1601 BC: Sharma-Adad II became the King of Assyria. *c. 1600 BC: The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna): Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa. *c. 1600 BC: The date of the earliest discovered rubber balls. *c. 1600 BC: Early Mycenaean culture: weapons, Cyclopean walls, and chariots. *c. 1600 BC: Unetice culture ends in Czech Republic, eastern Europe *Development of the windmill in Persia. * 1595 BC: Sack of Babylon by the Hittite king Mursilis I. *c. 1595 BC: The overthrow of the ruling Amorite dynasty in Aleppo, Syria. * 1570 BC: Cretan palaces at Knossos and other centres flourish despite disasters. * 1567 BC: Egypt: End of Fifteenth Dynasty, end of Sixteenth Dynasty, end of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Century BCE
The 17th century BC was a century that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC. Events *c. 1700 BC: Indus Valley civilisation comes to an end but is continued by the Cemetery H culture. *1700 BC: Belu-bani became the King of Assyria. *c. 1700 BC: Minoan Old Palace period ends and Minoan Second Palace period starts in Ancient Greece. *c. 1700 BC: beginning of the Late Minoan period on Crete. *c. 1700 BC: Aegean metalworkers are producing decorative objects rivaling those of Ancient Near East jewelers, whose techniques they seem to borrow. *c. 1700 BC: Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire. *c. 1700 BC: 1450 BC: Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri (prehistoric city), Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, Greece. *c. 1700 BC: Bronze Age starts in China. *c. 1698 BC: Lila-Ir-Tash the ruler of the Elamite Empire died. Temti-Agun I started to rule the Elami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Century BCE
The 18th century BC was the century that lasted from 1800 BC to 1701 BC. Events *1800 BC: Iron Age in India *1800 BC: Beginning of the Nordic Bronze Age in the period system devised by Oscar Montelius. * c. 1800 BC: Sedentary Mayan communities in Mesoamerica * c. 1800 BC: Hyksos start to settle in the Nile Delta. They had the capital at Avaris in northeastern Nile Delta. * 1800 BC: Adichanallur urn-burial site in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. In 2004, a number of skeletons dating from around 3,800 years ago. * 1800 BC: Beginning of the Indo-Aryan migration *1800 BC – 1700 BC: Decline of the Indus Valley civilisation *1800 BC – 1300 BC: Troy VI flourishes. *c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (middle chronology) – Hammurabi rules Babylonia and has to deal with Mari, which he conquers late in his career. *c. 1792 BC – 1750 BC: (middle chronology) – Stela of Hammurabi, from Susa (modern Shush, Iran) is made. It is now in Musée du Louvre, Paris. *1787 BC – 1784 BC: Amori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th Century BCE
The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC. Events * 1900 BC: Transition from Early Helladic III to Middle Helladic culture in Greece. * c. 1900 BC: Minoan Old Palace (Protopalatial) period starts in Crete. * c. 1900 BC: Fall of last Sumerian dynasty. * c. 1900 BC: Late Harappan phase of the Indus Valley civilization begins * c. 1900 BC: The Mokaya along the Pacific coast of present-day Chiapas, Mexico were preparing cacao beverages. * c. 1900 BC: Port of Lothal is abandoned. * Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia. * c. 1897 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) started to rule. He built Kahun near his pyramide tomb complex at el-Lahun. * c. 1895 BC–1878 BC: "Pectoral of Senwosret II", from the tomb of princess Sithathoryunet at el-Lahun was made. Twelfth Dynasty. It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. * c. 1880 BC: Pharaoh Senwosret II starts to rule (other date is 1897 BC). * 1878 BC: Senwosret II (Twelfth Dynasty) died. * c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Century BCE
The 20th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC. The period of the 2nd Millennium BC Events * c. 2000 BC: ** Farmers and herders traveled south from Ethiopia and settled in Kenya. ** Dawn of the Capacha Culture in modern-day Colima, Mexico. ** Humans settle in Matanchén, modern day Nayarit, Mexico ** Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy. ** Town of Mantua was founded. ** First of the Minoan palaces on Crete. Site of palace complex Knossos started to become occupied. ** Bronze Age began in north Ancient China. ** Middle Jōmon period ended in Japan. ** Decline of Harappan civilization began. ** The Harappa Torso was sculpted by a member of the Indus Valley culture. ** Vessel, from Asahi Mound, Toyama Prefecture, was made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at Collection of Tokyo University. ** Dogū, from Kurokoma, Yamanashi Prefecture, was made. Jōmon period. It is now kept at Tokyo National Museum. ** Stonehenge construction la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st Century BCE
The 21st century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC. Events Note: all dates from this long ago should be regarded as either approximate or conjectural; there are no absolutely certain dates, and multiple competing reconstructed chronologies, for this time period. * c. 2150 – 2040 BC – The First Intermediate Period of Egypt, a period of decline in Egyptian central power. * c. 2112 – 2004 BC – The Third Dynasty of Ur. Administrative power in Ur is pushed far, with an Ensi, an appointed civil servant, at the head of the constituencies. A meticulous and finicky bureaucracy manages, counts and controls the whole administration, which is as much concerned with the economy as with war or the service of the gods. The weight of such an administration arguably contributed to the collapse of the empire. The documentation of the Third Dynasty of Ur does not attest to the existence of private property, but rather a state organization of agricultural pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23rd Century BCE
The 23rd century BC was a century that lasted from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC. Events *2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia. *c. 2300 BC: Indus Valley civilisation (Harappan) flourishing in modern-day eastern Pakistan - western India. *c. 2300 BC: Metals start to be used in Northern Europe. *c. 2300 BC: Unetice culture emerges in the modern day Czech Republic. *c. 2300 BC: Canal Bahr Yusuf (current name) is created when the waterway from the Nile to the natural lake (now Lake Moeris) is widened and deepened to create a canal. *c. 2300 BC – 2200 BC: "Head of a man from Nineveh" (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq) is made. It is now in Iraq Museum, Baghdad. *c. 2300 BC – 2184 BC: Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur, (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now in University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. *c. 2300–2250 BC, reigns of Pepi I Meryre and Merenre Nemtyemsaf I, beginning o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
