Civilization Timeline By k4te Period: 7000 BCE to 600 BCE The Indus Valley (or Harappan) Civilization. Period: 5000 BCE to 1750 BCE Sumerian civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates valley. Period: 2000 BCE to 1450 BCE Minoan civilization in Crete and the Aegean. Period: 1900 BCE to 1100 BCE Mycenaean civilization in Greece and the Aegean. Period: 1500 BCE to 500 The Gandhara Civilization flourishes in what is today the northern portion of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Period: 1200 BCE to 400 BCE The Olmec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica. Period: 1000 BCE to 338 BCE Ancient Greek civilization in Greece and the Mediterranean. Period: 900 BCE to 200 BCE The Chavin civilization flourishes in ancient Peru. Period: 900 BCE to 590 BCE The Urartu civilization flourishes in ancient Armenia, eastern Turkey and western Iran. Period: 500 BCE to 900 The Zapotec Civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica. Period: 323 BCE to 31 BCE Hellenistic civilization in Greece, the Mediterranean and Asia. Period: 200 BCE to 600 The Nazca civilization flourishes in ancient Peru. Period: 1 CE to 800 The Moche civilization flourishes in ancient Peru. Period: 600 to 1532 The Wanka civilization flourishes in central Peru. Period: 750 to 1375 The Lambayeque Civilization flourishes in northern Peru. Period: 900 to 1150 The Toltec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica. Period: 1100 to 1470 The Chimu civilization flourishes in northern coastal Peru. Period: 1345 to 1521 The Aztec civilization flourishes in Mesoamerica. Period: 1425 to 1532 The Inca Empire flourishes in South America.