On this page we will seek to compare the established and accepted dates (*some of which frequently change) of history with those of Archaeoastronomy.

Known History of the World

Archaeoastronomy Chronology

*15,000mBCE

Beginning of the Universe

*4,600mBCE

Formation of the Solar System

*65mBCE

Extinction of the dinosaurs

*4mBCE

First human ancestors

*2mBCE

First stone tools appear

*120,000BCE

Neanderthals

40.000BCE

The Ice Age

20,000BCE

Invention of early weapons i.e. Bow & Arrow and Cave Paintings

10,000BCE

Possible date of source of Claudius Ptolemy's "Map of the North"

8,000BCE

New Stone Age / Agriculture begins

7,000BCE

Ice Age Ending/ First pottery made

6,000BCE

Linen used

5,000BCE

Use of Copper

5,000BCE

Possible date of original Antarctic maps being drawn - advanced seagoing civilisation

4,500BCE

First seagoing ships

4,000BCE

Horses tamed & ploughing developed

3,500BCE

The Bronze Age begins.

First riverside civilisations including Nile in Egypt. Carts with wheels appear.

3,100BCE

Stonehenge built

First writing

3,000BCE

Minoan Civilisation

2,700BCE

The Old Kingdom in Egypt

2,500BCE

Early Indus valley civilisation

2,450BCE

Apparent alignment of Giza Pyramid shafts with Orion & Syrius

2,050BCE

Middle Kingdom in Egypt

1,700BCE

Early Pacific Island civilisations

1,400BCE

The Iron Age

1,000BCE

Mayan dynasty founded in South America

776BCE

Rome founded

221BCE

Ch'in Empire in China founded