Timeline (Grand Union)

This is the abridged timeline page for the Grand Union beginning from Pharaoh Hor-Aha's birth into the present day. Each century however holds a more in depth description of the events that occurred specifically in the timeframe. The timeline covers everything from wars, scientific breakthroughs, industrial expansions, to important births that changed the course of time. If you want to learn more details about each century, click on the links in the headings.

32nd Century BCE

 * 3200 BCE: King Iry-Hor reigns from Abydos over most of Egypt.
 * 3200-3150 BCE: Reign of King Ka in Egypt.
 * 3127 BCE: King Narmer is born in Egypt
 * 3112-3102 BCE: Upper and Lower Egyptian Unification War
 * 3102 BCE: King Narmer unites the Kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt, marking the beginning of the Egyptian Empire
 * 3102 BC: The beginning of Kali Yuga.

31st Century BCE

 * 3100 BCE: Pharaoh Hor-Aha is born
 * 3100 BCE: The earliest phase of Stonehenge construction begins
 * 3100 BCE: Humans develop their first writing system, cuneiform script
 * 3100 BCE: Copper begins to implemented into tools and weaponry
 * 3100 BCE: Drainage and sewage system in the Indus Valley
 * 3100 BCE: Dams, canals, stone sculptures using inclined plane and lever in Sumer and the Tigris-Euphrates Valley. Then eventually in the Nile
 * 3100 BCE: Senet is one of the oldest known board games in the world.
 * 3073 BCE: Hor-Aha's heir Djer is born
 * 3070 BCE: Pharaoh Narmer dies, Hor-Aha then ascends the throne
 * 3068 BCE: Pharaoh Hor-Aha declares war on the Nubian tribes to the west of the Egyptian Kingdom, killing their leader Ta-Sety, the tribe then escapes west.
 * 3044 BCE: Djer's daughter Mernith is born
 * 3043 BCE: First son of Djer, Pharaoh Djet is born
 * 3037 BCE: Pharaoh Hor-Aha dies, his son Djer claims the throne

30th Century BCE

 * 3000 BCE: Image of a deity, detail from a cong recovered from a tomb; Fanshan, Yuyao, Zhejiang, is made. Neolithic period. Liangzhu culture.
 * 3000 BCE: Early agriculture in North Africa.
 * 3000–2600 BCE: Early Harappan period continues in the Indus Valley
 * 3000 BCE: Caral, the first city in the Suyo, starts to be built.
 * 3000 BCE: Troy is founded.
 * 3000 BCE: There is an intense phase of burial at Duma na nGiall on the Hill of Tara, the ancient seat of the High King of Ireland.
 * 3000 BCE: Stonehenge begins to be built. In its first version, it consists of a circular ditch and bank, with 56 wooden posts.
 * 3000-2000 BCE: World population about 30 million.
 * 3000 BCE: Epidamnos civilization starts.
 * 3000 BCE: Cycladic civilization in the Aegean Sea starts
 * 3000 BCE: Minoan civilization starts.
 * 3000 BCE: Helladic period starts.
 * 3000 BCE: Norte Chico civilization in Northern Peru starts.
 * 3000 BCE: The Angono Petroglyphs are carved in the Philippines.
 * 3000 BCE: Aegean Bronze Age starts.
 * 3000-2000 BCE: Hieroglyphic writing in Egypt, potter's wheel in China, first pottery in the Americas (in Ecuador).
 * 3000 BCE: Sumerians establish cities.
 * 3000 BCE: Sumerians start to work in various metals.
 * 3000 BCE: Knowledge of Ancient Near Eastern grains appears in Ancient China.
 * 3000-2000 BCE: Settled villages are widespread in Mesoamerica.
 * 3000 BCE: The shekel was introduced in Mesopotamia as a monetary and weight unit
 * 2999 BCE: Future Pharaoh Den is born, he is actually the son of Djet and his consort Ahaneith
 * 2996 BCE: Pharaoh Djer dies, his son Djet takes the throne
 * 2969 BCE: Pharaoh Djet dies, his wife Merenith takes the throne
 * 2965 BCE: Future Pharaoh Anedjib is born
 * 2959 BCE: Pharaoh Mernith dies, and her son Den takes the throne
 * 2922 BCE: Pharaoh Den dies, Anedjib takes the throne
 * 2918 BCE: Future Pharaoh Semerkhet is born

29th Century BCE

 * 2900 BC: Beginning of the Early Dynastic Period I in Sumer.
 * 2900-2400 BCE: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms.
 * 2900-2334 BCE: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period.
 * 2900–2600 BCE: Votive statues from the Square Temple of Eshnunna (modern Tell Ashmar, Iraq) were made.
 * 2897 BCE: Hùng Vương established the Hồng Bàng Dynasty in Vietnam (then known as Văn Lang)
 * 2884 BCE: Qa'a son of Semerkhet is born
 * 2879 BCE: Anedjib dies, Semerkhet takes the throne
 * 2874 BCE: The 365-day calendar year was installed in ancient Egypt, with fixed lunar months of 30 days + 5 epagomenal days.[1]
 * 2852 BCE: The beginning of the period of the Three August Ones and Five Emperors in China.
 * 2845 BCE: Semerkhet dies of a heart attack in the middle of the day. His son Qa'a takes the throne
 * 2841 BCE: Hotepsekhemwy is born, he is the first child born after his father is crowned Pharaoh
 * 2814 BCE: Qa'a is killed by Hotepsekhemwy, he takes the throne, Hotepsekhemwy subsequently starts the 2nd Dynasty Era of Egypt
 * 2810 BCE: Raneb the future Pharaoh is born

28th Century BCE

 * 2784 BCE: Pharaoh Hotepsekhemwy dies, his son Raneb takes the throne
 * 2770 BCE: Future Pharaoh Nynetjer is born, the first son of the new Second Dynasty
 * 2750 BCE: End of the Early Dynastic I Period, and the beginning of the Early Dynastic II Period in Mesopotamia.
 * 2750 BCE: Estimated ending of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture in the region of modern-day Romania, Moldova, and southwestern Ukraine
 * 2737 BCE: Invention of tea as a beverage by Shennong, according to a Chinese legend.
 * 2731 BCE: Raneb dies, Nynetjer takes the throne
 * 2730 BCE: Wadjenes is born
 * 2726 BCE: Wenes is born

27th Century BCE

 * 2697 BCE: The Yellow Emperor starts to reign in China.
 * 2695 BCE: Nynetjer dies, his first born Wadjenes is crowned Pharaoh and King of Lower Egypt, Weneg is crowned King of Upper Egypt
 * 2688 BCE: Weneg declares war on Lower Egypt and Wadjenes
 * 2683 BCE: Weneg is killed in battle, Wadjenes reunites Egypt
 * 2682 BCE: Senedj is born
 * 2669 BCE: Wadjenes dies, Senedj takes the throne
 * 2652 BCE: Khasekhemwy is born
 * 2640 BCE: The cultivation and weaving of silk starts to be a closely guarded secret in China
 * 2630-2611 BCE: Construction the Pyramid of Narmer is dedicated to the first United Pharaoh of Egypt, Narmer
 * 2618 BCE: Djoser is born
 * 2627-2000 BCE: Construction of the Caral metropolis in Inca
 * 2613 BCE: The Great Sphinx at Giza begins construction
 * 2601 BCE: Great Pyramids at Giza begin construction and dedicated to Hor-Aha, Djer, Merenith, and Djet
 * 2600 BCE: Mature Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization begins

26th Century BCE
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 * 2600-2500 BCE: Wild horses still provide hunting feasts in Danemark.
 * 2600-1900 BCE: Large water tank, possibly a public or ritual bathing area, Mohenjo-Daro, Indus Valley Civilization, Harappan, is made.
 * 2598 BCE: Senedj dies, Khasekhemwy takes the throne
 * 2589 BCE: Sekhemkhet is born
 * 2588 BCE: Khasekhemwy dies due to a heart attack, Djoser takes the throne
 * 2583-2563 BCE: Djoser begins rapid Egyptian expansion
 * 2545 BCE: Sanakht is born
 * 2541 BCE: Djoser, dies, Sekhemkhet takes the throne
 * 2515 BCE: Estimated date of completion of the '''Great Pyramid of Giza
 * 2512 BCE: Sekhemkhet dies, Sanakht takes the throne
 * 2509 BCE: Khaba is born
 * 2500 BCE: The legendary line of Sanhuangwudi rulers of China is founded by Huang Di.
 * 2500 BCE: the construction of the stone circle at Stonehenge begins and continues for the next five hundred years.

25th Century BCE

 * 2500 BCE: Rice was first introduced to Malaysia
 * 2500 BCE: Scribal schools flourish throughout Sumer.
 * 2500 BCE: People in Peru rely on fish and mussels for food.
 * 2500-2000 BCE: Mohenjo-daro is about 18 km^2 in size and has a population of 20,000 to 50,000.
 * 2494 BCE: The Great Sphinx at Giza is completed
 * 2492 BCE: Traditional date for the legendary foundation of the Armenian nation by Hayk
 * 2472 BCE: Sanakht dies, Khaba takes the throne
 * 2459 BCE: Huni is born
 * 2450 BCE: Kish is lost to Khamazi tribesmen of the Kurdistan mountains; Elamites from Awan occupy parts of Sumer.
 * 2423 BCE: Sneferu is born
 * 2422 BCE: Khaba dies, Huni takes the throne
 * 2410 BCE: By this time, kings in Sumer have ceased to be automatically high priests of the city deity. Semitic infiltration and conquest of Mesopotamia begins.
 * 2400-2200 BCE: Construction of Stonehenge

24th Century BCE
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 * 2383 BCE: Huni dies, Sneferu takes the throne
 * 2380 BCE: Khufu is born
 * 2350 BCE: First destruction of the city of Mari.
 * 2350 BCE: Sneferu dies, Khufu takes the throne
 * 2348 BCE: Djedefre is born
 * 2340-2180 BCE: Akkadian Empire.
 * 2334-2279 BCE: '''Semitic chieftain Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Sumer and Mesopotamia.

23rd Century BCE

 * 2300 BCE: Khufu dies, Djedefre takes the throne
 * 2300 BCE: Metals started to be used in Northern Europa.
 * 2300-2184 BCE: Disk of Enheduanna, from Ur, is made.
 * 2300–2200 BCE: Head of a man from Nineveh is made.
 * 2300 BCE: Canal Bahr Yusuf is created when the waterway from the Nile to the natural lake is widened and deepened to create a canal.
 * 2295 BCE: Khafra is born
 * 2285 BCE: Enheduanna, high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur, was born.
 * 2260 BCE: Djedefre dies, Khafra takes the throne
 * 2255 BCE: Menkaure is born
 * 2254-2218 BCE: Stela of Naram-Sin, discovered in Susa is made.
 * 2250 BCE: Earliest evidence of maize cultivation in Central Suyo.
 * 2250 BCE: '''The Egyptian and Akkadian Empires go to war
 * 2240 BCE: Akkad, capital of the Akkadian Empire, becomes the largest city in the world, surpassing Memphis, capital of Egypt.
 * 2220 BCE: Shepseskaf is born
 * 2220 BCE: Scord of Brouster farmstead established
 * 2210 BCE: Khafra dies, Menkaure takes the throne
 * 2205 BCE: Userkaf is born

22nd Century BCE

 * 4.2 kiloyear event – a severe aridification event that probably lasted the entire 22nd century BCE and caused the collapse of several Old World civilizations.
 * 2180 BCE: Akkadian Empire fell under attack by the Guti (Mesopotamia), a mountain people from the northeast.
 * 2180 BCE: Menkaure dies, Shepseskaf takes the throne
 * 2170 BCE: Shepseskaf is killed by Userkaf, marking the end of the Second Dynasty and the beginning of the Third Dynasty.
 * 2167 BCE: Nebre is bron
 * 2160 BCE: Beginning of Middle Minoan period in Crete.
 * 2150–2030 BCE: Gilgamesh epic was written.
 * 2144 BCE: Gudea, the ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash, started to reign.
 * 2138 BCE: Babylon: A solar eclipse on 9 May and a lunar eclipse on 24 May occurred and are believed to be the double eclipse that took place 23 years after the ascension of king Shulgi of Babylon by those holding to the long chronology.
 * 2128 BCE: Userkaf dies, Nebre takes the throne
 * 2124 BCE: Gudea, the ruler (ensi) of the city of Lagash, died.
 * 2120 BCE: Votive statue of Gudea from Lagash was made.
 * 2119-2113 BCE: Utu-hengal, first king of the third dynasty of Ur.
 * 2116-2110 BCE: Uruk–Gutian war.
 * 2110-2095 BCE: Sumerian campaigns of Ur-Nammu.
 * 2104-2103 BCE: Date of the Biblical flood according to the Hebrew Calendar.

21st Century BCE

 * 2100-2050 BCE: Nanna Ziggurat, Ur was built.
 * 2093 BCE: Nebre dies, Unas takes the throne
 * 2091 BCE: Beginning of the Patriarchal Age was traditionally set in this year.
 * 2071 BCE: Magh Ithe, first recorded battle in Eire myths.
 * 2070 BCE (disputable): Yu the Great set up the Xia Dynasty
 * 2050 BCE: The Eruption of Mt. Mariveles in the Philippines, cause a great Ash falls.
 * 2049 BCE: Oak trees for Seahenge felled.
 * 2040 BCE: Beginning of the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty and government system in China.
 * 2034-2004 BCE: Ur–Amorite wars.
 * 2004 BCE: Elamite destruction of Ur.
 * 2000 BCE: Aegean Bronze Age ended.

7th Century BCE

 * 700 BCE: The Northern Kingdoms of Iberia unite to fight back against expanding Celtic raiders across Europa, after defending against the raiders and being considered a single nation for so long, they remain united. Instead of going back to fractured independent kingdoms.

4th Century BCE

 * 356 BCE: Alexander III is born

3rd Century BCE

 * 210 BCE: Moquihuix, the Tenochtitlan heir is born

1st Century CE

 * 50 CE: Maori peoples land on the continent of Aoteroa