Ancient World
3000 BCE to 500 BCE · 73 events
Culture (43)Politics (22)Religion (16)Art (14)Engineering (12)Technology (11)Language (9)Economics (9)
All Ancient World Events
Early Cycladic Culture
3000 BC · Ancient World
Culture
Proto-Elamite Script: Early Iranian Writing System
c. 3100-2900 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Longshan Black Pottery Innovation
c. 3000-2600 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureArt
Sumerian Calendar and Time Division System
c. 3000 BCE · Ancient World
MathematicsAstronomyCulture
Tin-Bronze Alloy Production in Mesopotamia
c. 3000 BCE · Ancient World
ChemistryTechnologyEngineering
Indus Valley Civilization
2600 BC · Ancient World
CulturePoliticsEconomics
Development of Phonetic Cuneiform Writing
c. 2600 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureLanguage
Early Copper Metallurgy in Nubia
c. 2600-2300 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyEngineeringEconomics
Sacred City of Caral: Earliest Urban Center in the Americas
c. 2600-2000 BCE · Ancient World
CultureTechnologyReligion
Construction of Khufu's Great Pyramid
c. 2580–2560 BCE · Ancient World
EngineeringTechnologyCulture
Great Pyramids of Giza Completed
c. 2510 BCE · Ancient World
EngineeringReligionCulture
Mohenjo Daro
2500 BC · Ancient World
CultureReligion
Kingdom of Kerma Established
c. 2400 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsCultureEconomics
Indus Valley Script: Undeciphered Writing System
c. 2600-1900 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
4.2 Kiloyear Drought Triggers Akkadian Empire Collapse
c. 2200 BCE · Ancient World
ClimatePolitics
Epic of Gilgamesh
2100 BC · Ancient World
Art
Babylonian Lunisolar Calendar
c. 2100 BCE · Ancient World
AstronomyMathematicsCulture
Code of Ur-Nammu: The Oldest Known Law Code
c. 2100-2050 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLawPhilosophy
Karnak Temple Construction Begins
2050 BC · Ancient World
ArtCultureReligion
Maya Preclassic Period Emergence
2000-250 BCE/CE · Ancient World
Agriculture
Earliest Wrestling Depicted
2000 BC · Ancient World
Art
First Dynasty of Babylon
1894 BC · Ancient World
PoliticsCulture
Code of Lipit-Ishtar
c. 1870 BCE · Ancient World
LawPoliticsCulture
Babylonian Right Triangle Mathematics
c. 1800 BCE · Ancient World
Mathematics
First Bronze Ritual Vessels at Erlitou
c. 1850-1750 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureReligion
Babylonian Sexagesimal System: Positional Notation Without Zero
c. 1800 BCE · Ancient World
Mathematics
Hammurabi's Code
c. 1755-1750 BC · Ancient World
Law
Construction of Western Deffufa Temple at Kerma
c. 1750 BCE · Ancient World
CultureReligionEngineering
Phaistos Disc
1700 BC · Ancient World
CultureReligion
Proto-Sinaitic Script: Early Alphabetic Writing
c. 1850-1550 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Reconstruction of the Palace at Knossos
c. 1700 BCE · Ancient World
CulturePolitics
Egyptian Mathematical Papyri
c. 1650 BCE · Ancient World
Mathematics
Linear A Script: Undeciphered Minoan Writing System
c. 1800-1450 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Edwin Smith Papyrus: Empirical Approach to Surgery
c. 1600 BCE · Ancient World
Medicine
Eruption of Santorini (Thera)
c. 1600 BCE · Ancient World
GeologyClimateCulture
Ebers Papyrus: Egyptian Medical Text
c. 1550 BCE · Ancient World
Medicine
Composition of the Rigveda
1500 BC · Ancient World
ArtCultureReligion
Origins of the Nok Culture
c. 1500-1000 BCE · Ancient World
ArtTechnologyCulture
Shang Dynasty Lunisolar Calendar
c. 1400 BCE · Ancient World
AstronomyMathematicsCulture
Linear B Script: Early Greek Writing System
c. 1450-1200 BCE · Ancient World
CultureLanguage
Death of King Tut
1323 BC · Ancient World
Politics
Oracle Bone Divination Script of Ancient China
c. 1400-1200 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyCultureLanguage
Sennedjem Tomb Paintings
1279-1213 BCE · Ancient World
Art
Phoenician Maritime Expansion
1100 BC · Ancient World
CulturePolitics
Kingdom of Judah founded
1020 BCE - 586 BCE · Ancient World
CulturePolitics
Lapita People Expand Across the Western Pacific
c. 1500–800 BCE · Ancient World
ExplorationCulture
Olmec Great Pyramid Built at La Venta
900 BCE · Ancient World
ArtReligion
Carthage Founded
849 BC · Ancient World
PoliticsEconomics
Chinese Bronze and Seal Scripts: Evolution of Writing
c. 1400-221 BCE · Ancient World
EvolutionCultureLanguage
Iliad and Odyssey Composed
8th century BC · Ancient World
Art
Ancient Greek Civilization
800BC · Ancient World
CulturePoliticsEconomics
Napata Emerges as Capital of Kush
c. 800 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsReligionCulture
Iron-Carbon Smelting Produces Steel-Grade Alloys in Anatolia
c. 800 BCE · Ancient World
ChemistryEngineeringTechnology
Greek Adaptation of the Phoenician Alphabet
c. 800 BCE · Ancient World
LanguageCulture
Ancient Olympic Games
776 BC · Ancient World
Culture
Ancient Rome Founded
April 21, 753 BC · Ancient World
Politics
Scythian Metallurgical and Warfare Innovations
c. 800-700 BCE · Ancient World
TechnologyArtWar
The Odyssey Written
725 BC · Ancient World
Art
Wrestling Added to the Ancient Olympic Games
c. 708 BCE · Ancient World
CultureEntertainment & Media
Ancient Greek Poet Homer
700 BC · Ancient World
Art
First Coins Developed in Lydia
7th century BC · Ancient World
PoliticsEconomics
Library of Ashurbanipal
7th century BCE · Ancient World
EngineeringCulture
Draco's Code: First Written Laws of Athens
621 BCE · Ancient World
LawPolitics
Laozi Born
-6th Century BC · Ancient World
ReligionPhilosophy
Kingdom of Kush Relocates Capital to Meroe
c. 590 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsEngineeringEconomics
Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem and the First Temple
586 BCE · Ancient World
ReligionPoliticsWar
Panathenaic Homeric Recitation Competitions Established
c. 566 BCE · Ancient World
CultureArt
Birth of Siddhartha Gautama
563 BC · Ancient World
CultureReligionPhilosophy
Foundation of the Achaemenid Empire
550 BC · Ancient World
WarPolitics
Bimbisara Establishes Magadha as a Major Power
c. 544 BCE · Ancient World
PoliticsEconomics
Cyrus Charter
539 BC · Ancient World
PoliticsLaw
Pythagorean School and Number Theory
c. 530 BCE · Ancient World
MathematicsPhilosophy
Cleisthenes leads Athens
507 BC · Ancient World
Law