The Ancient World Timeline

By Sissy Blue
  • Chavet Cave
    30,000 BCE

    Chavet Cave

    Also known as Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave.The chauvet cave paintings is situated near Vallon-Pont-d’Arc in the Ardèche region of southern France.
    It has paintings of red bears, a owl, a large horse panel, red hand & mammoth, a panther panel, two black lions, a bison, fighting rhinos & horses, and finally a panel of lions. There is a bear skull alter as well.
  • Period: 30,000 BCE to 12,000 BCE

    Living in Caves

    People sought refuge in caves. The painted in caves because they believed in sympathetic magic.
  • Man crosses Bering Land Bridge
    28,000 BCE

    Man crosses Bering Land Bridge

    Man crosses over land bridge between Asia & North America known as Bering Land Bridge
  • Man living in Australia
    20,000 BCE

    Man living in Australia

  • Bison Relief Sculpture
    15,000 BCE

    Bison Relief Sculpture

    Found in a cave in France, 15,000 - 13,000 bce
  • Period: 15,000 BCE to 13,000 BCE

    Lascaux Cave

    The hall of bulls can be found in Lascaux, France. It has beautiful painting of bulls running across the walls and ceilings.
  • Period: 15,000 BCE to 13,000 BCE

    Tools

    Like a Lamp with Ibex design from Dordogne, France,
  • Cave of Altimira
    12,500 BCE

    Cave of Altimira

    The Cave of Altamira located near Santillana del Mar in Cantabria, Spain and has red bulls painted on the ceilings.
  • Man reaches the tip of South America
    10,500 BCE

    Man reaches the tip of South America

  • Period: 10,000 BCE to 8000 BCE

    Paleolithic Age

    "Old Stone Age"
  • Agriculture gradually develops in Near East & Middle East
    8000 BCE

    Agriculture gradually develops in Near East & Middle East

    Sheep and cattle domesticated
  • Pottery Develops
    7000 BCE

    Pottery Develops

    Pottery develops and man begins to learn to use metals. Walled settlement at Jericho.
  • Neolithic Age
    6000 BCE

    Neolithic Age

    "New Stone Age"
  • First settlements in fertile river valley of Sumer
    5000 BCE

    First settlements in fertile river valley of Sumer

  • Egyptian Calender
    4236 BCE

    Egyptian Calender

    First date in Egyptian calendar
  • Jewish Calendar
    3760 BCE

    Jewish Calendar

    First date in Jewish calendar
  • Mayan Calendar
    3372 BCE

    Mayan Calendar

    First date in Mayan calendar
  • Cuneiform
    3200 BCE

    Cuneiform

    Wedge-Shaped writing
  • Rise of Civilization
    3000 BCE

    Rise of Civilization

    Cities in Mesopotamia, later China & India.
  • Pech Merle Cave
    2300 BCE

    Pech Merle Cave

    Pech-Merle is situated some 20 miles east of Cahors, in the Midi-Pyrenees region of France,
  • Stonehenge
    2000 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England