Timeline
Where
does Stonehenge figure in World History?
Was
it built before or after the Pyramids?
In this section you can see what was happening
in other areas of the world as Stonehenge as being built.
The Timeline rages from 9000 BC (the start of acknowledged civilisation) through to 60 AD (Roman extermination of the Druids).
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9000 B.C. |
8350 B.C. |
8000 B.C. |
6500 B.C. |
5000 B.C. |
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U.K. |
First
known farming |
Start of
the Mesolithic Age |
3 totem
poles near
Stonehenge |
Start of
the Neolithic Age |
Earliest
use of pottery |
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WORLD |
and
herding |
Jericho
first known city |
(now
covered by the car park) |
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4000 B.C. |
3500 B.C. |
3500 B.C. |
3100 B.C. |
3000 B.C. |
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U.K. |
Sailing
begins |
Megalithic
tombs in north west Europe |
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Stonehenge:
Earth Circle, Heel Stones, Altar Stone |
Early
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Commerce
begins |
Sumerian
civilization thrives, invents the wheel |
Earliest
known Chinese cities |
Dynastic
period starts in Egypt |
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3000 B.C. |
2910 B.C. |
2680 B.C. |
2590 B.C. |
2500 B.C. |
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U.K. |
Avebury
and Castlerigg stone circles |
Stonehenge:
Aubrey Holes added to site |
Silbury
Hill, Wiltshire |
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WORLD |
Minoan
civilisation in Crete |
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Old
Kingdom in Egypt |
Great
Pyramid of Egypt built |
Canaanites
settle in Palestine |
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2500 B.C. |
2500 B.C. |
2150 B.C. |
2100 B.C. |
2000 B.C. |
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U.K. |
Long Meg
stone circle (Cumbria) |
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Bluestone Circles, Avenue, Station Stones added |
Bluestones Removed; Trilothon Horseshoe, Sarsen Circle added |
Middle
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WORLD |
Egyptians
use papyrus. |
Sphinx in
Egypt |
Mesopotamian
Empire founded |
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Construction
of Babylon |
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1990 B.C. |
1975 B.C. |
1800 B.C. |
1800 B.C. |
1600 B.C. |
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U.K. |
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Callanish
stone circle Outer Hebrides |
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Stonehenge:
Bluestone Circle & Horseshoe added |
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WORLD |
Middle
Kingdom, Egypt |
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Jews in
Egypt. Semitic alphabet created. |
Hyksos
invasion of Egypt |
Mycenaean
civilization, Greece |
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1567 B.C. |
1360 B.C. |
1290 B.C. |
1260 B.C. |
1200 B.C. |
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Late
Bronze Age |
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Early
Iron Age. |
Celts in
France and Germany |
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WORLD |
New
Kingdom in Egypt begins |
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Moses
leads the Jews |
Trojan
War |
Reign of
Rameses III |
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1200 B.C. |
1175 B.C. |
1100 B.C. |
1000 B.C. |
1000 B.C. |
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Stonehenge:
Avenue extended to River Avon |
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Beginning
of Judaism as a religion |
Egypt
divided into kingdoms |
Saul is
first Jewish king. |
Reign of
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Solomon
builds temple in Jerusalem |
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850 B.C. |
814 B.C. |
776 B.C. |
753 B.C. |
671 B.C. |
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WORLD |
Homer
writes llliad and Odyssey |
Foundation
of Carthage |
First
Olympic Games in Greece |
Rome
founded |
Assyrian
conquest of Egypt |
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650 B.C. |
621 B.C. |
605 B.C. |
600 B.C. |
586 B.C. |
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WORLD |
Iron
technology in China |
Laws of
Draco in Athens |
Hanging
Gardens of Babylon |
Age of
Greek Lyric poetry |
Babylonian
captivity of the Jews |
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563 B.C. |
550 B.C. |
550 B.C. |
530 B.C. |
530 B.C. |
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WORLD |
Birth of
Siddhartha Guatama (Buddha) |
Abacus
developed by Chinese. Birth of Confucius. |
Cyrus the
Great founds the Persian Empire |
Pythagoras
starts maths school in Greece |
Temple of
Apollo built at Corinth |
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509 B.C. |
490 B.C. |
483 B.C. |
480 B.C. |
469 B.C. |
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U.K. |
Celts
occupy much of Europe |
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WORLD |
Foundation
of Roman Republic |
Athenians
beat Persians at Battle of Marathon |
Death of
Buddha |
Greeks
destroy Persian fleet. |
Birth of
Socrates the philosopher |
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462 B.C. |
462 B.C. |
450 B.C. |
433 B.C. |
370 B.C. |
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Celts
arriving in Britain |
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WORLD |
Pericles
reforms and leads Athens |
Birth of
Hippocrates, father of medicine. |
Codification
of Roman Law |
Parthenon
at Athens completed |
Plato the
philosopher opens Academy in Athens |
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331 B.C. |
304 B.C. |
300 B.C. |
290 B.C. |
287 B.C. |
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Druids
arrive in Britain. |
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WORLD |
Alexander
the Great conquers Persia |
Ptolemaic
dynasty in Egypt |
Euclid
teaching maths in Alexandria |
Foundation
of library of Alexandria |
Birth of
Archimedes the engineer |
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230 B.C. |
218 B.C. |
146 B.C. |
71 B.C. |
55 B.C. |
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Julius
Caesar in Britain |
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WORLD |
Eratosthenes
measures circumference of the Earth. |
Hannibal
invades Italy |
Romans
destroy Corinth and conquer Greece. |
Spartacus
leads slaves' revolt. |
Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt |
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44 B.C. |
31 B.C. |
6 B.C. |
5 B.C. |
30 A.D. |
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U.K. |
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Cunobelinus King of
Britain |
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WORLD |
Julius
Caesar killed |
Beginning
of Roman Empire Death of
Anthony and Cleopatra |
Occupation
of Judea by Rome |
Birth of
Jesus |
Death of
Jesus |
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43 A.D. |
61 A.D. |
60 A.D. |
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U.K. |
Romans
invade Britain |
Defeat of
Boudicca, Romans destroy Stonehenge (?) |
Romans
exterminate Druids on Isle of Anglesey |
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