On this page we will seek to compare the established and accepted dates (*some of which frequently change) of history with those of Archaeoastronomy.
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*15,000mBCE |
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Beginning of the Universe |
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*4,600mBCE |
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Formation of the Solar System |
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*65mBCE |
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Extinction of the dinosaurs |
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*4mBCE |
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First human ancestors |
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*2mBCE |
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First stone tools appear |
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*120,000BCE |
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Neanderthals |
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40.000BCE |
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The Ice Age |
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20,000BCE |
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Invention of early weapons i.e. Bow & Arrow and Cave Paintings |
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10,000BCE |
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Possible date of source of Claudius Ptolemy's "Map of the North" |
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8,000BCE |
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New Stone Age / Agriculture begins |
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7,000BCE |
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Ice Age Ending/ First pottery made |
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6,000BCE |
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Linen used |
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5,000BCE |
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Use of Copper |
5,000BCE |
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Possible date of original Antarctic maps being drawn - advanced seagoing civilisation |
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4,500BCE |
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First seagoing ships |
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4,000BCE |
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Horses tamed & ploughing developed |
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3,500BCE |
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The Bronze Age begins. |
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First riverside civilisations including Nile in Egypt. Carts with wheels appear. |
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3,100BCE |
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Stonehenge built |
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First writing |
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3,000BCE |
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Minoan Civilisation |
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2,700BCE |
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The Old Kingdom in Egypt |
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2,500BCE |
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Early Indus valley civilisation |
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2,450BCE |
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Apparent alignment of Giza Pyramid shafts with Orion & Syrius |
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2,050BCE |
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Middle Kingdom in Egypt |
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1,700BCE |
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Early Pacific Island civilisations |
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1,400BCE |
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The Iron Age |
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1,000BCE |
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Mayan dynasty founded in South America |
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776BCE |
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Rome founded |
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221BCE |
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Ch'in Empire in China founded |
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