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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
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
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