Major Ancient Civilisations

By Jayden.nunez
  • 3500 BCE

    Mesopotamia

    Sumerian city-states founded
  • 3200 BCE

    Egypt

    Upper and Lower Egypt united by menes
  • 3000 BCE

    Phoenicia

    Syria and Palestine settled
  • 3000 BCE

    Minoan/Mycenaean

    Crete settled
  • 2600 BCE

    Maya

    Settlement of Indus Valley
  • 2400 BCE

    India

    Settlement of Indus Vally
  • 1500 BCE

    China

    Shang Dynasty founded
  • 1450 BCE

    Minoan/Mycenaean

    Mycenaean conquest
  • 800 BCE

    Etruscan

    Fortress towns built
  • 753 BCE

    Rome

    Founding of rome
  • 750 BCE

    Greece

    Colonies founded
  • 546 BCE

    Persia

    Cyrus the Great founds empire
  • 546 BCE

    Persia

    Cyrus the Great founds empire
  • 539 BCE

    Mesopotamia

    Persian conquest
  • 539 BCE

    Mesopotamia

    Persian conquest
  • 332 BCE

    Phoenicia

    Alexander the great conquest
  • 332 BCE

    Phoenicia

    Alexander the great conquest
  • 200 BCE

    Etruscan

    Roman conquest
  • 200 BCE

    Etruscan

    Roman conquest
  • 130 BCE

    Greece

    Roman conquest
  • 130 BCE

    Greece

    Roman conquest
  • 30 BCE

    Egypt

    Roman conquest
  • 30 BCE

    Egypt

    Roman conquest
  • 2 BCE

    china 220 CE

    Han Dynasty deposed
  • 1 CE

    china 220 CE

    Han Dynasty deposed
  • 2

    Rome 476 CE

    Fall of Rome
  • 3

    Rome 476 CE

    Fall of Rome
  • 3

    India 530 CE

    Fall of the Gupta empire
  • 4

    India

    Fall of the Gupta empire
  • 4

    Persia 641 CE

    Arab conquest
  • 5

    Persia 641 CE

    Arab conquest
  • 5

    Maya 987 CE

    Invasion from the west (Mexico)
  • 6

    Maya 987 CE

    Invasion from the west (Mexico)