Civilization Timeline

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  • 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.