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

 

 

 

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