Preceden

History

epoch

Pleistocene epoch

2,586,050 BC - 9,750 BC

lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene

Holocene epoch

9,750 BC - 1,950 BC

began at the end of the Pleistocene at 11,700 calendar years BP
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene

Climate

Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC)

5960000 bc - 5330000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messinian_salinity_crisis

Last glacial period

108,050 BC - 8,050 BC

Ice Age

110,000 to 10,000 years ago
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_glacial_period

Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)

24550 BC - 17050 BC

13,000-10,000 years ago
"12-10 kyr BP" or 15,000 - 10,000 BP
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum

Oldest Dryas stadial

17050 BC - 12550 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_Dryas

Bølling oscillation interstadial

12550 BC - 12050 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8lling_oscillation

Older Dryas stadial

12050 BC - 11750 BC

18,000 and 15,000 BP
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Older_Dryas

Younger Dryas stadial

10,850 BC - 9,550 BC

Big Freeze
Nahanagan Stadial
Loch Lomond Stadial
Greenland Stadial 1 (GS1)
The Younger Dryas (GS1)

12,800 and 11,500 years BP
12.9–11.5 ka BP
The end 11.55 ka BP, occurring at 10 ka BP
11.50 ± 0.05 ka BP — GRIP ice core, Greenland
11.53 + 0.04 − 0.06 ka BP — Kråkenes Lake, western Norway.
11.57 ka BP — Cariaco Basin core, Venezuela
11.57 ka BP — German oak/pine dendrochronology
11.64 ± 0.28 ka BP — GISP2 ice core, Greenland
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Younger_Dryas

Natural disaster

Minoan eruption occured between

1,628 BC - 1,600 BC

Thera eruption
Santorini eruption

1628 BCE
between 1627 BCE and 1600 BCE with a 95% degree of probability
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption

Pre Historic Creatures

Chilotherium

13700000 bc - 3,400,000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia iC: Eutheria O: Perissodactyla sO: CeratomorphasF: Rhinocerotoidea F: Rhinocerotidae G: †Chilotherium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilotherium

Megacamelus

10300000 bc - 490000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Artiodactyla sO: Tylopoda F: Camelidae G: †Megacamelus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megacamelus

Macrauchenia

7000000 bc - 10000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: †Litopterna F: †Macraucheniidae G: †Macrauchenia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrauchenia

Dinofelis

5,000,000 BC - 1,200,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Felidae T: †Metailurini G: †Dinofelis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinofelis

Homotherium

5000000 bc - 10000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Felidae sF: †Machairodontinae T: †Homotherium G: †Homotherium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotherium

Mammoth

5000000 bc - 4500 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Proboscidea F: Elephantidae T: Elephantini G: †Mammuthus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth

Woolly rhinoceros

3,598,050 BC - 8,000 BC

0.35–0.01Ma
3.6 million years
8,000 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org
P: Chordata C: Mammalia iC: Eutheria O: Perissodactyla sO: CeratomorphasF: Rhinocerotoidea F: Rhinocerotidae G: †Coelodonta S: †C. antiquitatis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_rhinoceros

Short-faced bear

3000000 bc - 11000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Ursidae sF: Tremarctinae T: Tremarctini G: †Arctodus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-faced_bear

Elasmotherium

2,600,000 bc - 50,000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia iC: Eutheria O: Perissodactyla sO: CeratomorphasF: Rhinocerotoidea F: Rhinocerotidae G: †Elasmotherium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasmotherium

Smilodon

2,500,000 BC - 10,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Felidae sF: †Machairodontinae T: †Smilodontini G: †Smilodon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon

Aurochs

2000000 bc - 1627

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Artiodactyla F: Bovidae sF: Bovinae G: Bos S: †B. primigenius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs

Megatherium

2000000 bc - 10000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Pilosa F: †Megatheriidae G: †Megatherium
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium

Armbruster's wolf

1800000 bc - 300000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Canidae G: Canis S: †C. armbrusteri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armbruster%27s_wolf

Dire wolf

1800000 bc - 10000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Canidae G: Canis S: †C. dirus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_wolf

Irish Elk

400000 bc - 7700 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Artiodactyla F: Cervidae G: †Megaloceros S: †M. giganteus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Elk

Eurasian cave lion

370000 bc - 12500 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Felidae G: Panthera S: P. leo sS: †P. l. spelaea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panthera_leo_spelaea

Woolly rhinoceros

350000 bc - 10000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Perissodactyla F: Rhinocerotidae G: †Coelodonta S: †C. antiquitatis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_rhinoceros

American lion

340,000 BC - 11,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Felidae G: Panthera S: P. leo sS: †P. l. atrox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_lion

Cave bear

250000 bc - 27500 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Carnivora F: Ursidae G: Ursus S: †U. spelaeus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_bear

Woolly mammoth

200000 bc - 2000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Proboscidea F: Elephantidae T: Elephantini G: †Mammuthus S: †M. primigenius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth

Moose

126,000 bc - 1950

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Artiodactyla F: Cervidae sF: Capreolinae G: Alces S: A. alces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose

Hominid

Apes

35,500,000 bc - 1950

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape

Hominidae

22,000,000 bc - 1950

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae

Homininae

8,000,000 bc - 1950

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homininae

Hominini

5,400,000 bc - 1950

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominini

Australopithecine

3,900,000 bc - 1,200,000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: †Australopithecina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecine

Australopithecus

3,900,000 bc - 1,700,000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: †Australopithecina G: †Australopithecus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus

Australopithecus afarensis

3,900,000 BC - 2,900,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: †Australopithecina G: †Australopithecus S: †A. afarensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus_afarensis

Australopithecus africanus

3030000 bc - 2040000 bc

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: †Australopithecina G: †Australopithecus S: †A. africanus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australopithecus_africanus

Paranthropus

2,700,000 BC - 1,200,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: †Australopithecina G: †Paranthropus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranthropus

Homo habilis

2,330,000 BC - 1,400,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: †H. habilis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis

Homo erectus

1,900,000 BC - 143,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: †H. erectus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus

Homo ergaster

1,800,000 BC - 1,300,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: †H. ergaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_ergaster

Homo antecessor

1,200,000 BC - 800,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: †H. antecessor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_antecessor

Homo heidelbergensis

600,000 BC - 400,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: †H. heidelbergensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_heidelbergensis

Neanderthal

600,000 BC - 32,000 BC

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: †H. neanderthalensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neanderthal

Human

195,000 BC - 1950 AD

P: Chordata C: Mammalia O: Primates SF: Hominoidea F: Hominidae sF: Homininae T: Hominini sT: Hominina G: Homo S: H. sapiens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human

Culture

Oldowan industry culture

2,600,000 BC - 1,700,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldowan

Acheulean culture

1,700,000 BC - 100,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acheulean

Ngandong culture

550,000 bc - 143,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_Man

Soanian culture

500,000 bc - 125,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soanian

Clactonian industry culture

400,000 bc - 200,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clactonian

Lupemban culture

300,000 BC - 12,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupemban_culture

Sangoan culture

300,000 Bc - 50,000 Bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangoan

Mousterian culture

298050 BC - 28050 BC

300,000 BP and 30,000 BP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousterian

Micoquien culture

130,000 BCE - 70,000 BCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micoquien

Aterian culture

82,000 bc - 30,000 Bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aterian

Mousteroid culture

80,000 Bc - 50,000 Bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mousteroid

Ordos culture

80,000 Bc - 35,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordos_culture

Stillbay culture

71900 bc - 71000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillbay

Emirian culture

50,000 Bc - 40,000 Bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirian

Jabroudian culture

50,000 Bc - 40,000 Bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jabroudian

Aurignacian culture

45,000 BC - 35,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurignacian

Angara culture

40,000 Bc - 30,000 BCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Paleolithic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angara_River

Kostienki culture

40000 bc - 20,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostyonki,_Voronezh_Oblast
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures
http://archaeology.about.com/library/glossary/bldef_kostenki.htm
http://archaeology.about.com/od/earlymansites/a/kostenki.htm

Balangoda Culture

38,000 Bc - 28,500 Bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balangoda_Man

Baradostian industry culture

36,000 BC - 18,000 bc

Succeeded by the Zarzian industry culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baradostian_culture

Châtelperronian culture

35,000 BC - 29,000 BC

35,000 and c. 29,000 BP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2telperronian

Gravettian industry culture

32,000 BC - 22,000 BC

Preceded by the Aurignacian industry culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravettian

Pavlovian industry culture

29,000 BC - 25,000 BC

Considered to be a variant of the Gravettian industry culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlovian_culture

Solutrean industry culture

20,050 BC - 15,050 BC

22,000 to 17,000 BP
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solutrean

Iberomaurusian culture

20,000 bc - 12,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberomaurusian

Kebarian culture

18,000 BC - 12,500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebaran

Zarzian industry culture

18,000 BC - 8,000 BC

Preceded by the Baradostian industry culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarzian_culture

Magdalenian culture

17,000 BC - 12,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalenian

Sebilian industry culture

15,000 bC - 10,500 bC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebilian

Mushabian culture

14,000 BC - 12,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushabian_culture

Hamburg culture

13,500 BC - 11,100 BC

Hamburgian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_culture

Antelian culture

13,000 bc - 12,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_table_of_the_principal_old_world_prehistoric_cultures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelian

Creswellian culture

13,000 bc - 11,500 bc

Succeeded by the Ahrensburg culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creswellian_culture

Natufian culture

13,000 BC - 9,800 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natufian_culture

Federmesser culture

12,000 BC - 10,800 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federmesser_culture

Bromme culture

11,600 bc - 10,800 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngby_culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromme_culture

Ahrensburg culture

11,000 BC - 10,000 BC

Ahrensburgian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngby_culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahrensburg_culture

Maglemosian culture

9000 BC - 6000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglemosian_culture

Kongemose culture

6000 BC - 5200 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongemose_culture

Linearbandkeramik (LBK)

5,600 BC - 4,750 BC

Linear Pottery culture
Linear Band Ware
Linear Ware
Linear Ceramics
Incised Ware culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Pottery_culture

Ertebølle culture

5300 BC - 3950 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erteb%C3%B8lle_culture

Lengyel culture

5,000 BC - 4,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengyel_culture

Rössener Kultur (Rössen culture)

4,600 BC - 4,300 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B6ssen_culture

Stichbandkeramik (abbr. STK or STbK) (Stroked Pottery culture)

4600 BC - 4400 BC

Middle Danubian culture
Danubian Ib culture of V. Gordon Childe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke-ornamented_ware_culture

Chasséen culture

4500 BC - 3500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chass%C3%A9en_culture

Michelsberger Kultur (MK) (Michelsberg culture)

4400 BC - 3500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelsberg_culture

Trichter(-rand-)becherkultur

4300 BC - 2800 BC

Funnel(-neck-)beaker culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnelbeaker_culture

Wartbergkultur (Wartberg culture)

3,600 BC - 2,800 BC

Wartberggruppe (Wartberg group)
Kragenflaschenkultur (Collared bottle culture)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartberg_culture

Ozieri culture

3,200 BC - 2,800 BC

San Michele culture

from c. 3200 to 2800 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozieri_culture

Seine-Oise-Marne culture (SOM)

3100 BCE - 2000 BCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine-Oise-Marne_culture

Corded Ware culture

2900 BC - 2350 BC

Battle Axe culture
Single Grave culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corded_Ware_culture

Catacomb culture

2800 BC - 2200 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catacomb_culture

Glockenbecherkultur (Bell-Beaker culture)

2,800 BC - 1,800 BC

Beaker culture
Beaker people
Beaker folk

ca. 2800 – 1800 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaker_culture

Unetice culture (A1)

2300 BC - 1950 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unetice_culture

Únětice culture (A2)

1950 BC - 1700 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unetice_culture

Nuragic culture

1,800 BC - 100 AD

18th century BC to the 2nd century AD
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuragic_civilization

Tumulus culture

1,600 BC - 1,200 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumulus_culture

Urnfield culture

1,300 BC - 750 BC

Found in Central Europe. Preceded by the Tumulus culture and succeeded by the Hallstatt culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urnfield_culture

Hallstatt culture (Ha A)

1,200 BC - 1,000 BC

Bronze Age Urnfield culture. Found in Central Europe. Preceded by the Urnfield culture and succeeded by the La Tène culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt_culture

Hallstatt culture (Ha B)

1,000 BC - 800 BC

Bronze Age Urnfield culture. Found in Central Europe. Preceded by the Urnfield culture and succeeded by the La Tène culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt_culture

Hallstatt culture (Ha C)

800 BC - 650 BC

Early European Iron Age. Found in Central Europe. The "Hallstatt period" proper. Preceded by the Urnfield culture and succeeded by the La Tène culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt_culture

Hallstatt culture (Ha D)

650 BC - 475 BC

Early European Iron Age. Found in Central Europe. The “Hallstatt period” proper. Preceded by the Urnfield culture and succeeded by the La Tène culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt_culture

La Tène culture

450 BC - 1 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture

Main

Taung Child

2500000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taung_Child

Swanscombe Man and associated artifacts

400,000 bc

Homo heidelbergensis
Clactonian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swanscombe_Heritage_Park

מערת היונים (Me'arat HaYonim) (Cave of the Pigeons) Mousterian period occupation

250,000 BC - 12,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaYonim_Cave

Moshe the Neanderthal

60,000 BC

60,000 BP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebara_Cave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neanderthal-burial.gif
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neanderthal-burial.gif

מערת כבארה (Me'arat Kebbara) (Kebara Cave) occupation

58,050 BC - 46,050 BC

60,000 - 48,000 BP
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kebara_Cave

Le Moustier skull

43,050 BC

approximately 45,000 years old
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Homo neanderthalensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Moustier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lemousf.jpg
http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Le-Moustier-

Geißenklösterle Aurignacian period occupation

41,050 BC - 30,050 BC

between 43,000 and 32,000 years ago
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gei%C3%9Fenkl%C3%B6sterle

Geißenklösterle flutes made between

41,050 BC - 40,050 BC

42,000 to 43,000
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Aurignacian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gei%C3%9Fenkl%C3%B6sterle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_flutes

Löwenmensch (lion human) (Lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel) made

38,050 BC

about 40,000 years old
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Aurignacian culture industry

Found at Stadel-Höhle im Hohlenstein (Stadel cave in Hohlenstein Mountain)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_man_of_the_Hohlenstein_Stadel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohlenstein-Stadel

Venus vom Hohle Fels (Venus of Hohle Fels) made between

38,050 BC - 33,050 BC

Venus vom Hohlen Fels
Venus von Schelklingen (Venus of Schelklingen)

dated to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Aurignacian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Hohle_Fels

Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave cave paintings made between

32,000 bc - 30,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave

Věstonická Venuše (Venus of Dolní Věstonice) made between

29,000 BC - 25,000 BC

29,000–25,000 BCE
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Gravettian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Doln%C3%AD_V%C4%9Bstonice

Cosquer Cave Gravettian cave paintings made

27,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosquer_Cave

Font-de-Gaume first settled

25,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font-de-Gaume

Grotte de Cussac cave paintings, associated artifacts, and remains

25,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grotte_de_Cussac

Pech Merle Gravettian cave paintings made

25,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pech_Merle

Woman of Willendorf made between

24,000 BC - 22,000 BC

Venus of Willendorf

24,000 and 22,000 BCE
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Found near Willendorf, a hamlet of Aggsbach

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf

Petřkovická venuše (Venus of Petřkovice) made

23,000 BC

Landecká venuše

23,000 BCE
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Gravettian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Pet%C5%99kovice

Cosquer Cave Solutrean cave paintings made

19,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosquer_Cave

Cave of Altamira Solutrean cave paintings and associated artifacts made

18,500 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira

Bison Licking Insect Bite made between

18,050 BC - 10050 BC

20,000 and 12,000 BP
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Magdalenian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bison_Licking_Insect_Bite

Lascaux cave paintings made

17,300 bc

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lascaux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascaux

Font-de-Gaume cave paintings made

17,000 BC

Magdalenian industry culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font-de-Gaume

Cave of Altamira Magdalenean cave paintings and artifacts made between

16,500 bc - 14,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira

Pech Merle Magdalenian cave paintings made

16,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pech_Merle

La Marche cave paintings made between

15,000 BCE - 14,000 BCE

Magdalenian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marche_%28cave%29

Cave of the Trois-Frères cave paintings made

13,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trois_Fr%C3%A8res

Les Combarelles cave paintings and associated artifacts made between

13,000 bc - 11,000 bc

Magdalenian industry culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Combarelles

Rouffignac Cave paintings made

13,000 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouffignac_Cave

The Sorcerer cave painting made

13,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sorcerer_%28cave_art%29

מערת היונים (Me'arat HaYonim) (Cave of the Pigeons) Natufian period occupation

12,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HaYonim_Cave

Cave of Niaux cave paintings made between

11500 bc - 10500 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_Niaux

Eynan/Ain Mallaha inhabited during

10,000 BC - 8,000 BC

Natufian settlement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Mallaha
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eyna/hd_eyna.htm

Star Carr inhabited during

8770 BC - 8460 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Carr

Aşıklı Höyük inhabited during

8200 BC - 7400 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%9F%C4%B1kl%C4%B1_H%C3%B6y%C3%BCk

Howick house constructed

7600 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howick_house

Howick house occupation

7600 BC - 7500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howick_house

Çatalhöyük (Forked Mound) inhabited during

7500 BC - 5700 BC

Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87atalh%C3%B6y%C3%BCk

Çayönü inhabited during

7200 BC - 6600 BC

7200 BC to 6600 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Neolithic settlement
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB)
Pottery Neolithic (PN)

Forty kilometres north-west of Diyarbakır, at the foot of the Taurus mountains
38°12′59″N 39°43′35″E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87ay%C3%B6n%C3%BC

Atlit Yam inhabited during

6900 BCE - 6300 BCE

6900 BCE to 6300 BCE
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Neolithic fishing village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB)
Abandoned after a tsunami

Off the coast of Atlit, Israel
32°42′38.98″N 34°56′6.54″E

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlit_Yam

Massaker von Talheim (Talheim Death Pit) occured

5000 BC

5000 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Linearbandkeramik (Linear Pottery culture) on Linearbandkeramik (Linear Pottery culture) violance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talheim_Death_Pit

Goseck circle constructed

4,900 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goseck_circle

Bronocice pot made between

3635 BC - 3370 BC

Trichter(-rand-)becherkultur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronocice_pot

Ġgantija temples constructed between

3,600 BC - 2,500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A0gantija

Ħaġar Qim temples constructed between

3,600 BC - 2,500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A6a%C4%A1ar_Qim

Mnajdra temples constructed between

3,600 BC - 2,500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnajdra

Tarxien temples constructed between

3,600 BC - 2,500 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarxien_Temples

Alvastra pålbyggnad constructed

3000 BC

Alvastraboplatsen
Alvastra pile-dwelling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvastra_pile-dwelling

Dumha na nGiall (Mound of the Hostages) constructed between

3000 BCE - 2500 BCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_of_the_Hostages

Steinkammergrab von Lohra constructed

3000 BC

Lohra tomb

Wartberg culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohra_%28megalithic_tomb%29

Khufu's Horizon construction

2,560 BC - 2,540 BC

Also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza, Pyramid of Khufu, or the Pyramid of Cheops.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

Dumha na nGiall (Mound of the Hostages) in use

2500 bc - 1600 bc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_of_the_Hostages

Amesbury Archer

2300 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amesbury_Archer

Boscombe Bowmen

2300 BCE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscombe_Bowmen

Šarru-kīnu (Sargon of Akkad)

2,270 BC - 2,215 BC

Akkadian: Šarru-kīnu (the true king / the king is legitimate)
Sargon the Great / the Great King

middle chronology 2334 BC -- 2279 BC
short chronology 2270 BC -- 2215 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad

Leubingen Tumulus constructed

1940 BC

Únětice culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leubingen

Trundholm sun chariot made between

1,800 BC - 1,600 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trundholm_sun_chariot

Nebra sky disk and associated swords made between

1,600 BC - 1,560 BC

1600 - 1560 BC, disk associatively dated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disk

Ḫattušili I (Hattusili I)

1,586 BC - 1,556 BC

Labarna / Labarna II
King of Ḫattuša
Man of Kuššara

He reigned ca. 1586–1556 BC (short chronology)
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattusili_I

Der Goldene Hut von Schifferstadt and associated axes made between

1,400 BC - 1,300 BC

Golden Hat of Schifferstadt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Hat_of_Schifferstadt

Egtved Girl

1,390 BC - 1,370 BC

1390–1370 BC = dendrochronology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egtved_Girl

Berliner Goldhut made between

1,200 BC - 800 BC

Berlin Gold Hat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Gold_Hat

Goloring constructed between

1,200 BC - 800 BC

1200–800 BCE
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

Urnfield culture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goloring

Dunaverney flesh-hook made between

1,050 BC - 900 BC

between 1050 and 900 BC
^ dates from en.wikipedia.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunaverney_flesh-hook

Cône d'Or d'Avanton made between

1,000 BC - 900 BC

Avanton Gold Cone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avanton_Gold_Cone

Goldblechkegel von Ezelsdorf Buch made between

1,000 BC - 900 BC

Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Cone_of_Ezelsdorf-Buch

Håga Kurgan (Hågahögen) constructed

1,000 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5ga_Kurgan

Cult Wagon of Strettweg and associated items made

600 BC

Hallstatt culture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_Wagon_of_Strettweg

Warrior of Hirschlanden Made between

600 BC - 501 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_of_Hirschlanden

Temple of Artemis constructed

550 BC - 540 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis

Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave constructed

530 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hochdorf_Chieftain%27s_Grave

Temple of Zeus at Olympia constructed

472 BC - 456 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Zeus,_Olympia

Κολοσσός της Ρόδου (Colossus of Rhodes) constructed

292 BC - 280 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus_of_Rhodes

Amphitheatrum Flavium building

70 AD - 80 AD

Amphitheatrum Flavium also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre or the Colosseum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum