TIMELINE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

TIMELINE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

3500-3000 BC

3000-2000 BC

2000-1000 BC

1000 BC-0

0-500

Mesopotamian civilization ca. 3500-550 BC

Per1

inter-Persian

Per2

Egyptian civilization ca. 3000-550 BC

Ptolemaic

Roman/Byz

Indus civilization ca. 2500-1500 BC

Vedic age ca. 1500-500 BC

Indian kingdom age ca. 500 BC-1200 AD

ancient China (Xia > Shang > Western Zhou > Han) ca. 2000 BC-500 AD

Aegean civilization ca. 2000-1200 BC

Greek age ca. 1200 BC-0

Roman Republic ca. 500 BC-0

Roman Empire ca. 0-500

early Nubian civilization ca. 2000-1000 BC

Kush ca. 1000 BC-300 AD

Ak

formative age of Mesoamerica ca. 1500 BC-100 AD

classic age ca. 100-900

ancient Andean region (Chavin > Moche/Nazca) ca. 1000 BC-500 AD

ancient Steppe empires ca. 1000 BC-500 AD